See also: Zamia

English

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A zamia

Etymology

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From the genus name Zamia.

Noun

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zamia (plural zamias)

  1. Any of various cycads of the genera Zamia and Macrozamia
    • 1997, Knut Norstog, Trevor J. Nicholls, The Biology of the Cycads[1], 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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French

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Noun

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zamia m (plural zamias)

  1. zamia (cycad)

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from translingual Zamia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): */ˈd͡za.mja/
  • Rhymes: -amja
  • Hyphenation: zà‧mia

Noun

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zamia f (plural zamie)

  1. zamia

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  • zamia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ζημία (zēmía, loss, damage), through Doric.

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Noun

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zāmia f (genitive zāmiae); first declension

  1. hurt, injury, damage, loss

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative zāmia zāmiae
genitive zāmiae zāmiārum
dative zāmiae zāmiīs
accusative zāmiam zāmiās
ablative zāmiā zāmiīs
vocative zāmia zāmiae

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References

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  • 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.
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