hedera

== English == === Etymology === From the genus name Hedera, in turn from Latin hedera (“ivy”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɛ.də.ɹə/ === Noun === hedera (plural hederas) (horticulture) Any Old World ivy of the genus Hedera (typography) A fleuron depicting an ivy leaf. ==== Related terms ==== hederaceous hederal === Anagrams === Hardee, adhere, header, heared, rehead == Latin == === Alternative forms === edera === Etymology === Unknown. One hypothesis derives it from Proto-Italic *hedezā, from earlier *xedezā, from *gʰed-es-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to seize, grasp, take”), which is the same source as Latin *hendō in prehendō and Ancient Greek χανδάνω (khandánō, “to get, grasp”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhɛ.dɛ.ra] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.de.ra] === Noun === hedera f (genitive hederae); first declension ivy (Hedera helix) Synonym: cissos ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === Buchi, Éva; Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008–), “*/ˈɛder-a/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française. === Further reading === “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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “hedera”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.