Amaryllis
See also: amaryllis
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin Amaryllis (“a country girl in Virgil's Eclogues”), from Ancient Greek Ἀμαρυλλίς (Amarullís, from ἀμαρύσσω (amarússō, “I shine”)).
Proper noun
Amaryllis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Amaryllidaceae – includes the belladonna lily, Amaryllis belladonna.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots – clades; Asparagales – order; Amaryllidaceae - family; Amaryllidoideae - subfamily; Amaryllideae - tribe; Amaryllidinae - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Amaryllis belladonna - type species; Amaryllis paradisicola - other species
See also
- Hippeastrum (subfamily Amaryllidoideae: tribe Hippeastreae)
References
Amaryllis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Amaryllis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Amaryllis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Amaryllis at USDA Plants database
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Etymology
From Latin Amaryllis (“a country girl in Virgil's Eclogues”), from Ancient Greek Ἀμαρυλλίς (Amarullís, from ἀμαρύσσω (amarússō, “I shine”)).
Declension
Latin
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀμαρυλλίς (Amarullís).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.maˈryl.lis/, [ämäˈrʏlːʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.maˈril.lis/, [ämäˈrilːis]
Noun
Amaryllis f (genitive Amaryllidis); third declension
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Amaryllis
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Amaryllis |
| Genitive | Amaryllidis |
| Dative | Amaryllidī |
| Accusative | Amaryllidem |
| Ablative | Amaryllide |
| Vocative | Amaryllis |
Descendants
- → English: amaryllis
- Translingual: Amaryllis
- Romance:
- Catalan: amarillis
- French: amaryllis
- Italian: amarillide
- Portuguese: amarílis
- Romanian: amarilis
- Spanish: amarilis
- → Finnish: amaryllis
- → German: Amaryllis
- → Polish: amarylis
- → Russian: амари́ллис (amaríllis), амари́л (amaríl)
- → Swedish: amaryllis
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