zamia
See also: Zamia
English
A zamia
Etymology
From the genus name Zamia.
Noun
zamia (plural zamias)
- Any of various cycads of the genera Zamia and Macrozamia
- 1997, Knut Norstog & Trevor J. Nicholls, The Biology of the Cycads, page 19:
- It was, in fact, the starchy stems that in some cases led to depletion of wild zamias in some regions of Florida.
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Hyponyms
- coontie, sago zamia, Jamaica sago tree, Zamia pumila - type species
Derived terms
- zamia staggers
Further reading
Zamia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Zamia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Zamia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
French
Noun
zamia m (plural zamias)
- zamia (cycad)
Further reading
- “zamia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Zamia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): */ˈd͡za.mja/
- Rhymes: -amja
- Hyphenation: zà‧mia
Noun
zamia f (plural zamie)
- zamia
Further reading
- zamia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ζημία (zēmía, “loss, damage”), through Doric.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈzaː.mi.a/, [ˈd̪͡z̪äːmiä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡za.mi.a/, [ˈd̪͡z̪äːmiä]
Noun
zāmia f (genitive zāmiae); first declension
- hurt, injury, damage, loss
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | zāmia | zāmiae |
| Genitive | zāmiae | zāmiārum |
| Dative | zāmiae | zāmiīs |
| Accusative | zāmiam | zāmiās |
| Ablative | zāmiā | zāmiīs |
| Vocative | zāmia | zāmiae |
Synonyms
- (damage): calamitās, damnum, dētrīmentum, iactūra, intertrīmentum
Antonyms
- (loss): captūra, faenus quaestus
References
- “zamia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- zamia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette