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Etymology

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From the genus name, from Latin papāver. Doublet of poppy.

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Noun

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papaver (plural papavers)

  1. Any plant of the genus Papaver, poppies.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch papaver, from Latin papāver.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌpaːˈpaː.vər/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: pa‧pa‧ver
  • Rhymes: -aːvər

Noun

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papaver f (plural papavers, diminutive papavertje n)

  1. papaver, poppy, plant of the genus Papaver
    Synonyms: heul, klaproos, maankop
    Hyponyms: klaproos, slaapbol, slaapkruid
  2. several kinds of narcotic drugs made from the poppy
    Synonyms: heul, maankop, slaapbol, slaapkruid

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin pavotDoublet of pavot.

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papaver m (plural papavers)

  1. papaver

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Latin

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Etymology

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Unknown.

Manaster Ramer sees here a reduplication of Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ (fire).[1]

Some have tried to link it to pāscō (to feed),[2] or to an imitative root *pap (to swell).

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Noun

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papāver n (genitive papāveris); third declension

  1. poppy
    Synonym: rhoeas
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.484–486:
      “[...] “Hesperidum templī cūstōs, epulāsque dracōnī
      quae dabat, et sacrōs servābat in arbore rāmōs,
      spargēns ūmida mella sopōriferumque papāver.”
      “[The priestess was once a] guardian of the Hesperides’ temple [garden], and was keeping safe the sacred branches on the tree [that grew golden apples]: she used to give food to a dragon, sprinkling dewy honey and the sleep-inducing poppy.”
      (In other words, drugging its sweet food made the guard-dragon docile. See: hyperbaton.)
    • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 1.54:
      Summa papaverum capita dicitur baculo decussisse.
      It is said that he struck off the heads of the tallest poppies with a stick.
  2. seed
    • (Can we date this quote?), Tertullian, de Praescriptione Haereticorum, 35
      De papavere ficus gratissimae et suavissimae ventosa et vana caprificus exsurgit
      From the seed of the most delicious and grateful fig branches out the useless and deceptive wild fig.

Usage notes

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Anteclassically, papāver was masculine.

Declension

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Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

singular plural
nominative papāver papāvera
genitive papāveris papāverum
dative papāverī papāveribus
accusative papāver papāvera
ablative papāvere papāveribus
vocative papāver papāvera

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References

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  • papaver”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • papaver”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • papaver in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Manaster Ramer, Alexis. 2010. A simply perfect bear of an etymology, or two, or even more. Unpublished.
  2. ^ Lewis & Short
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