zea

See also: Zea and ze'a

Italian

Etymology

From Translingual Zea, from Latin zēa (“spelt”), from Ancient Greek ζειά (zeiá).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡zɛa̯/, [d̪͡z̪ɛä̯]
  • Stress: zèa

Noun

zea f (plural zee)

  1. A member of the Zea taxonomic genus.

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζειά (zeiá, “spelt”), from Proto-Indo-European *yewo-.

Pronunciation

Noun

zēa f (genitive zēae); first declension

  1. A type of grain; spelt (Triticum spelta)
  2. emmer wheat.
  3. A type of rosemary.

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative zēa zēae
genitive zēae zēārum
dative zēae zēīs
accusative zēam zēās
ablative zēā zēīs
vocative zēa zēae

Descendants

References

  • zea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • zea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • zea in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Yola

Etymology

From Old English sǣ (“sea, lake”), from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey-wo- (“to be fierce, afflict”).

Noun

zea

  1. sea
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