Translingual

Hedera helix

Proper noun

Hedera f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Araliaceae – the ivies.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Apiales - order; Araliaceae - family; Aralioideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Hedera helix - type species; Hedera algeriensis, Hedera azorica, Hedera canariensis, Hedera caucasigena, Hedera colchica, Hedera hibernica, Hedera iberica, Hedera maderensis, Hedera maroccana, Hedera nepalensis, Hedera pastuchovii, Hedera rhombea, Hedera taurica - species

English

Wikispecies

Noun

hedera ‎(plural hederas)

1. (horticulture) Any Old World ivy of the genus Hedera
   • 2007, March 8, “Jan Benzel”, in Philadelphia Calls Off Winter for a Week:

     The American Ivy Society hewed closely to the theme, exhibiting only hederas that come from Ireland or have an Irish name.

Anagrams

• adhere
• header

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- ‎(“to seize, grasp, take”), the same source as Ancient Greek χανδάνω ‎(khandánō, “to get, grasp”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhe.de.ra/, [ˈhɛ.dɛ.ra]

Noun

hedera f ‎(genitive hederae); first declension

1. ivy
2. vocative singular of hedera

hederā f

1. ablative singular of hedera

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• hederiger
• hederōsus

Descendants

References

• hedera in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hedera in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• HEDERA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “hedera”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.