Rhamnus

== Translingual == === Etymology === Late Latin rhamnus (“a thorn bush”), from Ancient Greek ῥάμνος (rhámnos, “various prickly shrubs, such as boxthorn, Lycium europaeum; stone buckthorn, Rhamnus lycioides subsp. graeca, syn. Rhamnus graeca; and black buckthorn, Rhamnus oleoides”). === Proper noun === Rhamnus f A taxonomic genus within the family Rhamnaceae – buckthorns. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Rosales – order; Rhamnaceae – family; Rhamnoideae - subfamily; Rhamneae - tribe ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Rhamnus cathartica, Rhamnus alaternus; for other species see Rhamnus on WikispeciesWikispecies or Rhamnus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ==== Derived terms ==== Bathiorhamnus Rhamnella Rhamnidium †Rhamnites === References === Rhamnus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Rhamnus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Rhamnus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Rhamnus at USDA Plants database Rhamnus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Rhamnus at National Center for Biotechnology Information Rhamneae at APWeb Rhamnus at Plants of the World Online == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ῥαμνοῦς (Rhamnoûs). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈrʰam.nuːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈram.nus] === Proper noun === Rhamnūs f sg (genitive Rhamnūntis); third declension A town of Attica, famous for the temple of Themis ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only. === References === “Rhamnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Rhamnus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly “Rhamnus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.