Scaevola
Translingual
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Scaevola plumieri (gullfeed)
Etymology
It is a reference to the story of Gaius Mucius Scaevola (whose name comes from scaevus (“left”)), because the dried flowers recall a withered hand.
Proper noun
Scaevola f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Goodeniaceae – many species of tropical flowering plants found especially in Australia and Polynesia.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Asterales - order; Goodeniaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Scaevola plumieri (gullfeed) - type species; Scaevola taccada (beach cabbage) - selected other species
References
Scaevola (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Scaevola on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Scaevola on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Scaevola at USDA Plants database
Latin
Etymology
From scaevus (“left”).
Pronunciation
(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈskae̯.u̯o.la/, [ˈs̠käe̯u̯ɔɫ̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈʃe.vo.la/, [ˈʃɛːvolä]
Proper noun
Scaevola m sg (genitive Scaevolae); first declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Gaius Mucius Scaevola, a Roman hero
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Scaevola |
| Genitive | Scaevolae |
| Dative | Scaevolae |
| Accusative | Scaevolam |
| Ablative | Scaevolā |
| Vocative | Scaevola |
References
- “Scaevola”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Scaevola in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette