restio
See also: Restio
English
Noun
restio (plural restios)
- (botany) Any member of the family Restionaceae of perennial, evergreen, rush-like flowering plants native to the Southern Hemisphere.
Anagrams
- Sortie, Storie, Tories, oister, sortie, storie, tiroes, tories, triose, œstri
Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin *restivus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reˈsti.o/
- Rhymes: -io
- Hyphenation: re‧stì‧o
Adjective
restio (feminine restia, masculine plural restii, feminine plural restie)
- reluctant, unwilling
Derived terms
- restiamente
Anagrams
- esorti, istero-, ortesi, riteso, roseti, sorite, storie, tesori
Latin
Etymology
From restis (“rope”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈres.ti.oː/, [ˈrɛs̠t̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈres.ti.o/, [ˈrɛst̪io]
Noun
restiō m (genitive restiōnis); third declension
- ropemaker
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | restiō | restiōnēs |
| Genitive | restiōnis | restiōnum |
| Dative | restiōnī | restiōnibus |
| Accusative | restiōnem | restiōnēs |
| Ablative | restiōne | restiōnibus |
| Vocative | restiō | restiōnēs |
Synonyms
- restiārius
References
- “restio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- restio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette