Translingual

Ficus macrophylla

Proper noun

Ficus f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Moraceae – the figs and banyans.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Rosales - order; Moraceae - family; Ficeae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Ficus thonningii

For the many species see Ficus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

English

Ficus elastica

Noun

ficus ‎(plural ficuses)

1. (botany) A plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant.

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fīcus ‎(“fig”).

Noun

ficus m ‎(plural ficussen, diminutive ficusje n)

1. any plant belonging to the genus Ficus

Latin

fīcī (figs)

Etymology

Related to Ancient Greek σῦκον ‎(sûkon) and Old Armenian թուզ ‎(tʿuz), most likely via Mediterranean substrate form *thuiko- or the like. Possibly Semitic - see Phoenician 𐤐𐤀𐤂 ‎(“half-ripe fig”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfiː.kus/

Noun

fīcus m, f ‎(plural fīcī, second declension, or fīcūs, fourth declension)

1. fig tree
2. fig (fruit)
3. hemorrhoids

Inflection

Even among Classical grammarians, the gender (masculine or feminine) and declension (second or fourth) were debated.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• ficus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ficus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• FICUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ficus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• ficus in Samuel Ball Platner (1929), Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press