clematis

See also: Clematis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Clematis, from Latin clēmatis, from Ancient Greek κληματίς (klēmatís), from κλῆμα (klêma, “vine, branch with vines”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: klĕ′-mə-tĭs
  • IPA^(key): /ˈklɛmətɪs/

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  • Rhymes: -ɛmətɪs
• enPR: klə-mă′-tĭs
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /kləˈma.tɪs/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /kləˈmæ.tɪs/
  • Rhymes: -atɪs

Noun

clematis (plural clematises or clematis)

1. (botany) Any plant of the genus Clematis, vigorous climbing lianas found throughout the temperate zones.
   • 1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby:

     He came slowly up to the open door, which was all hung round with clematis and roses; and then peeped in, half afraid.

   • 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 127:

     Noiselessly she laid the clematis and wattle on her bed, then stood near the covered face, and, looking down at her untied bootlaces, sighed an impatient sigh always well known and understood by this now unresponsive father.

   • 1980, Robert Dougall, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 379:

     Jim is a nurseryman, specialising in clematis, and he has built up a business exporting 150 varieties to countries all over the world.

Translations

any plant of the genus Clematis

Adyghe: бжьэгъалӏэ (bźɛğalˢʼɛ) Apache: Western Apache: nanisdiz Arabic: ظَيَّان m (ẓayyān) Armenian: մամրիչ (hy) (mamričʻ), պատաղին (pataġin) Azerbaijani: ağəsmə Belarusian: павойнік m (pavójnik), жыгунец m (žyhunjec) Bulgarian: повет m (povet), клематис m (klematis) Chinese: Mandarin: 鐵線蓮 / 铁线莲 (tiěxiànlián) Czech: plamének m Danish: skovranke c Dutch: clematis (nl) f Esperanto: klemato Estonian: elulõng Finnish: kärhö (fi) French: clématite (fr) f Galician: clemátide (gl) f Georgian: კატაბარდა (ḳaṭabarda) German: Waldrebe f Greek: κληματίδα (el) f (klimatída) Hungarian: iszalag (hu) Ido: klematido (io) Indonesian: kerisih Irish: cleimeatas m Italian: clematide (it) f Kabardian: бжьэгъалӏэ (kbd) (bźɛğalˢʼɛ) Kabyle: azanzu Kazakh: жібілген (jıbılgen) Kyrgyz: жебелге (jebelge) Lithuanian: raganė f Macedonian: повит m (povit), павит m (pavit) Manx: lus yn dorrysh Maori: puatororaro Mingrelian: წირღუ (c̣irɣu), კატუბარდუ (ḳaṭubardu) Navajo: hastóí tsiiyéélí Norwegian: Bokmål: klematis m Nynorsk: klematis m Occitan: vidable Polish: powojnik m Portuguese: clematite f Romanian: clematită (ro) f Russian: ломоно́с (ru) m (lomonós), клема́тис m (klemátis), борода́вник (ru) m (borodávnik), жигунец m (žigunec) Serbo-Croatian: pavit (sh) m, pàvetina (sh) f, pàvitina (sh) f, skrobut m Slovene: srobot (sl) m Sorbian: Upper Sorbian: pryšćenc m Spanish: clemátide f Swedish: klematis (sv) c, clematis c, skogsreva (sv) c Thai: พวงแก้วกุดั่น (puuang-gɛ̂ɛo-gù-dàn) Turkish: akasma (tr) Ukrainian: ломиніс m (lomynis) Vietnamese: hoa ông lão Yakut: ситимэ (sitime)

Further reading

• Clematis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Clematis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Clematis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• claimest, climates, meticals

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κληματίς (klēmatís).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɫeː.ma.tɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈklɛː.ma.tis]

Noun

clēmatis f (genitive clēmatidis); third declension

1. the name of various climbing plants

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	clēmatis	clēmatidēs
genitive	clēmatidis	clēmatidum
dative	clēmatidī	clēmatidibus
accusative	clēmatidem	clēmatidēs
ablative	clēmatide	clēmatidibus
vocative	clēmatis	clēmatidēs

Descendants

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: клематис (klematis)
• → Dutch: clematis
• → English: clematis
• → Finnish: klematis
• French: clématite
• Italian: clematide
• → Norwegian: klematis
• Portuguese: clematite
• Romanian: clematită
• → Russian: клема́тис (klemátis)
• → Swedish: klematis, clematis
• → Translingual: Clematis

References

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