Padus

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Padus f

1. Certain shrubs and trees with cherry-like fruit, including bird cherries, false bird cherries, cherry laurels, and similar shrubs and tree of former genus Pygaeum
   1. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – now a subgenus of Prunus.
   2. A taxonomic subgenus within the family Rosaceae – Prunus subg. Padus.

Hypernyms

• (subgenus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Rosales – order; Rosaceae - family; Amygdaloideae - subfamily; Amygdaleae - tribe; Prunus - genus

Hyponyms

• (subgenus): For species see Prunus subg. Padus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Padus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Prunus subg. Padus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Prunus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Padus at Plants of the World Online

Latin

The Po along the city of Turin.

Etymology

From Ancient Ligurian Bodincus, Bodencus (“bottomless”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn. The name could have been borrowed through Ancient Greek Πάδος (Pádos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.dus/, [ˈpäd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.dus/, [ˈpäːd̪us]

Proper noun

Padus m sg (genitive Padī); second declension

1. the River Po

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Padus
Genitive	Padī
Dative	Padō
Accusative	Padum
Ablative	Padō
Vocative	Pade

Synonyms

• (the River Po): Ēridanus (mythology, poetry)

Derived terms

• Padānus
• Padāneus

Descendants

• >? Italian: Po (from Gallo-Italic?)

References

• “Padus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “Pădus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Padus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Pădus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,101/2.
• “Padus¹” on page 1,281/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)