geranionとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek γερᾰ́νῐον (geránion, “Geranium tuberosum”, plant name), from γέρᾰνος (géranos, “crane”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡeˈra.ni.on/, [ɡɛˈräniɔn]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeˈra.ni.on/, [d͡ʒeˈräːnion]

名詞

geranion n (genitive geraniī); second declension

1. storksbill (Erodium spp.)
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 26.108:

     Geranion aliqui myrrin, alii myrtidan appellant. similis est cicutae, minutioribus foliis et caule brevior, rotunda, saporis et odoris iucundi.

     Some call it geranion, others call it myrtidan. It is similar to hemlock, with smaller leaves and a shorter stem, round in shape, with a pleasant taste and aroma.

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

関連する語

• geranītis

派生した語

• Translingual: Geranium

参照

• “geranion”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press