Daphne

See also: Daphné, Daphnë, daphne, and daphné

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel”).

Proper noun

Daphne f

A taxonomic genus within the family Thymelaeaceae – daphnes, Old World shrubs with scented flowers and poisonous berries.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids - clades; Malvales - order; Thymelaeaceae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Daphne laureola (spurge-laurel) - type species; Daphne gnidium (flax-leaved daphne), Daphne genkwa (Chinese daphne) - selected other species; for the numerous other species see Daphne on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Derived terms

Actinodaphne
Chamaedaphne
Antidaphne
Rhodostemonodaphne
Phyllostemonodaphne
Alseodaphne
Povedadaphne
Triadodaphne
Mocinnodaphne
Dryadodaphne

Acanthodaphne
Cryptodaphne
Acamptodaphne
Didaphne
Ophiodaphne
Senadaphne

References

Daphne (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Daphne on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Daphne on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Daphne at The Plant List

English

Alternative forms

Daphnë

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel, bay”).

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈdæfni/
Audio (Berkshire, UK) (file)

Proper noun

Daphne

(Greek mythology) A dryad pursued by Apollo, who was turned into a laurel tree by the river god Peneus.
- c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene i]:
  Run when you will, the story shall be chang'd; / Apollo flies, and Daphne holds the chase; / The dove pursues the griffin
(astronomy) 41 Daphne, a main belt asteroid.
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- 1989 John Banville: The Book of Evidence: page 7:
  My wife. Daphne. Yes, that was, is, her name. For some reason people have always found it faintly comic. I think it matches very well her damp, dark, myopic beauty.

Synonyms

(astronomy): 41 Daphne, ㊶

Translations

mythological dryad

Arabic: دافني‎ f
Catalan: Dafne f
Czech: Dafné f
Esperanto: Dafno
French: Daphné (fr) f
Greek: Δάφνη (el) f (Dáfni)
Ancient Greek: Δάφνη f (Dáphnē)
Irish: Dafnae f
Italian: Dafne (it) f
Japanese: ダプネー (Dapunē)
Korean: 다프네 (ko) (Dapeune)
Latin: Daphnē f
Polish: Dafne (pl) f
Portuguese: Dafne f
Russian: Да́фна (ru) f (Dáfna)
Spanish: Dafne (es) f
Turkish: Dafni

Asteroid

female given name

French: Daphné (fr) f
Greek: Δάφνη (el) f (Dáfni)
Hebrew: דַּפְנָה‎ (he) (Dafná)
Italian: Dafne (it) f
Turkish: Defne (tr) f

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Daphne, from Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel, bay”).

Proper noun

Daphne

a female given name from English
(Greek mythology) a dryad pursued by Apollo, who was turned into a laurel tree by the river god Peneus
(astronomy) the asteroid 41 Daphne

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Daphne.

Dutch

Alternative forms

Dafne (rare)

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel, bay”), perhaps via French or alternatively English.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɑf.nə/
Hyphenation: Daph‧ne

Proper noun

Daphne f

a female given name

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel, bay”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdapʰ.neː/, [ˈd̪äpʰneː]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdaf.ne/, [ˈd̪äfne]

Proper noun

Daphnē f sg (genitive Daphnēs); first declension

(Greek mythology) Daphne

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Daphnē
Genitive	Daphnēs
Dative	Daphnae
Accusative	Daphnēn
Ablative	Daphnē
Vocative	Daphnē

Portuguese

Proper noun

Daphne f

Archaic spelling of Dafne.