Adonis

See also: adonis, Adónis, and Adônis

Translingual

Adonis annua

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Semitic *ʔadan-der.?
Proto-West Semitic *ʔadān-
Phoenician 𐤀𐤃𐤍 (ʾdn)bor.?
Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis)bor.
Latin Adōnisbor.
Translingual Adonis

    Borrowed from Latin Adōnis, from Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis).

    Proper noun

    Adonis f

    1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – pheasant's eye or blood drops.

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    English

    Etymology

    From Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis).

    Pronunciation

    • (UK) IPA(key): /əˈdəʊ.nɪs/, /əˈdɒn.ɪs/
      • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • (US) IPA(key): /əˈdɑn.ɪs/, /əˈdoʊ.nɪs/

    Proper noun

    Adonis

    1. (Greek mythology) A beautiful young man loved by Aphrodite.
      • 1866, Sabine Baring-Gould, Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, S. George:
        The Phœnician Adonis was identical with Tammūz.
      • 1900, James Frazer, The Golden Bough, Chapter 42: Osiris and the Sun,
        A strong reason for interpreting the death of Osiris as the decay of vegetation rather than as the sunset is to be found in the general, though not unanimous, voice of antiquity, which classed together the worship and myths of Osiris, Adonis, Attis, Dionysus, and Demeter, as religions of essentially the same type. The consensus of ancient opinion on this subject seems too great to be rejected as a mere fancy. So closely did the rites of Osiris resemble those of Adonis at Byblus that some of the people of Byblus themselves maintained that it was Osiris and not Adonis whose death was mourned by them.
      • 1921, Jessie Weston, From Ritual to Romance, Chapter X: The Secret of the Grail (1) - The Mysteries,
        As Sir J. G. Frazer has before now pointed out, there are parallel and over-lapping forms of this cult, the name of the god, and certain details of the ritual, may differ in different countries, but whether he hails from Babylon, Phrygia, or Phoenicia, whether he be called Tammuz, Attis, or Adonis, the main lines of the story are fixed, and invariable. Always he is young and beautiful, always the beloved of a great goddess; always he is the victim of a tragic and untimely death, a death which entails bitter loss and misfortune upon a mourning world, and which, for the salvation of that world, is followed by a resurrection.
    2. (rare) A male given name from Ancient Greek.
    3. A surname.
    4. An unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri, United States.
    5. An unincorporated community in Tyler County, West Virginia, United States.

    Derived terms

    Translations

    Noun

    Adonis (plural Adonises or Adonides)

    1. A beautiful man.

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    Dutch

    Etymology

    From Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /aːˈdoː.nɪs/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Hyphenation: Ado‧nis

    Proper noun

    Adonis m

    1. (Greek mythology) Adonis (beautiful young man loved by Aphrodite)

    Derived terms

    Noun

    Adonis m (plural Adonissen, diminutive Adonisje n)

    1. alternative letter-case form of adonis

    Latin

    Etymology

    View of the river
    Etymology tree
    Proto-Semitic *ʔadan-der.?
    Proto-West Semitic *ʔadān-
    Phoenician 𐤀𐤃𐤍 (ʾdn)bor.?
    Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis)bor.
    Latin Adōnis

      Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis).

      Pronunciation

      Proper noun

      Adōnis m sg (genitive Adōnidis); third declension

      1. (Greek mythology) Adonis
      2. a river in Phoenicia, now the Abraham River

      Declension

      Third-declension noun, singular only.

      singular
      nominative Adōnis
      genitive Adōnidis
      Adōnis
      dative Adōnidī
      accusative Adōnidem
      Adōnem
      Adōnim
      Adōnin
      ablative Adōnide
      Adōne
      vocative Adōni

      References

      • “Adonis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
      • “Adonis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

      Polish

      Adonis

      Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Proto-Semitic *ʔadan-der.?
      Proto-West Semitic *ʔadān-
      Phoenician 𐤀𐤃𐤍 (ʾdn)bor.?
      Ancient Greek Ἄδωνῐς (Ádōnĭs)lbor.
      Polish Adonis

        Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἄδωνῐς (Ádōnĭs).

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /aˈdɔ.ɲis/
        • Audio:(file)
        • Rhymes: -ɔɲis
        • Syllabification: A‧do‧nis
        • Homophone: adonis

        Proper noun

        Adonis m pers

        1. (Greek mythology) Adonis (beautiful young man loved by Aphrodite)

        Declension

        Declension of Adonis
        singular
        nominative Adonis
        genitive Adonisa
        dative Adonisowi
        accusative Adonisa
        instrumental Adonisem
        locative Adonisie
        vocative Adonisie

        Derived terms

        adjectives
        • adoniczny
        • adonijski
        nouns
        nouns
        • Adonie
        • adonik

        Further reading

        • “Adonis”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[1] (in Polish)
        • Adonis in PWN's encyclopedia

        Serbo-Croatian

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /âdonis/
        • Hyphenation: A‧do‧nis

        Proper noun

        Ȁdonis m anim (Cyrillic spelling А̏донис)

        1. (Greek mythology) Adonis

        Further reading

        • “Adonis”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

        Tagalog

        Etymology

        Etymology tree
        Proto-Semitic *ʔadan-der.?
        Proto-West Semitic *ʔadān-
        Phoenician 𐤀𐤃𐤍 (ʾdn)bor.?
        Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis)
        Spanish Adonisbor.
        Tagalog Adonis

          Borrowed from Spanish Adonis, from Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis).

          Pronunciation

          • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈdonis/ [ʔɐˈd̪oː.n̪ɪs]
          • Rhymes: -onis
          • Syllabification: A‧do‧nis
          • Homophone: adonis

          Proper noun

          Adonis (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜓᜈᜒᜐ᜔) (Greek mythology)

          1. Adonis (beautiful young man loved by Aphrodite)

          Further reading

          • “Adonis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
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