noun · femininethird declension
Amaryllis
Amaryllis f (genitive Amaryllidis)
Classical[a.maˈryl.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[a.maˈril.lis]
Meaning
- femininea female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Amaryllis
nonne fuit satius tristis Amaryllidis iras / atque superba pati fastidia?
Surely it was better to endure Amaryllis' mournful anger and proud disdain?c. 41 BCE – 39 BCE, Vergilius, Eclogae 2.14–15
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Amaryllis | — |
| genitive | Amaryllidis | — |
| dative | Amaryllidī | — |
| accusative | Amaryllidem | — |
| ablative | Amaryllide | — |
| vocative | Amaryllis | — |
Ămăryllis, ĭdis or ĭdos, f. (acc. Amaryllida; voc. Amarylli), = Ἀμαρυλλίς,
I. name of a shepherdess, Verg. E. 1, 31; 1, 37 al.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Amaryllis idis or idos, f
acc. Amaryllida; voc. Amarylli, Ἀμαρυλλίς, a shepherdess, V.
Origins
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀμαρυλλίς (Amarullís).
Romance
- Catalanamarillis
- Frenchamaryllis
- Italianamarillide
- Portugueseamarílis
- Romanianamarilis
- Spanishamarilis
Elsewhere
- Englishamaryllis
- GermanAmaryllis
- TranslingualAmaryllis
- Finnishamaryllis
- Polishamarylis
- Russianамари́ллис
- Russianамари́л
- Swedishamaryllis