Posidonia

== Translingual == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Proper noun === Posidonia f A taxonomic genus within the family Posidoniaceae – seagrasses. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; "Angiospermae" – superclass; Magnoliopsida – class; Lilianae – superorder; Alismatales – order; Posidoniaceae - family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Posidonia oceanica - type species === See also === === References === Posidonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Posidonia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Posidonia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Posidonia at Tropicos Posidonia at National Center for Biotechnology Information Posidonia at The Plant List == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ποσειδωνίᾱ (Poseidōníā). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɔ.siːˈdoː.ni.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [po.s̬iˈdɔː.ni.a] === Proper noun === Posīdōnia f sg (genitive Posīdōniae); first declension synonym of Paestum (an ancient Greek city in Magna Graecia, on the coast of present-day Campania in southern Italy) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. === References === “Pŏsīdōnĭa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Pŏsīdōnĭa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,205.