polygonum

See also: Polygonum

English

Etymology

From translingual Polygonum, from the neuter of Ancient Greek πολύγωνος (polúgōnos, “polygonal”), from πολυ- (polu-, “many, much”) + γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”), so called in allusion to the numerous joints. Doublet of polygon.

Noun

polygonum (plural polygonums or polygona)

1. (botany) Any of many plants, of the family Polygonaceae, embracing a large number of species, including bistort, knotweed, smartweed, etc.

Translations

any plant in the genus Polygonum

• Belarusian: драсён m (drasjón)
• Czech: truskavec (cs) m
• German: Vogelknöteriche (de)
• Kashubian: dërdest
• Lithuanian: rūgtis
• Polish: rdest (pl)
• Serbo-Croatian: dvornik (sh) m
• Ukrainian: гірчак (hirčak)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολύγωνον (polúgōnon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈɡoː.num/, [pɔlʲʏˈɡoːnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /po.liˈɡo.num/, [poliˈɡɔːnum]

Noun

polygōnum n (genitive polygōnī); second declension

1. (mathematics) polygon

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	polygōnum	polygōna
Genitive	polygōnī	polygōnōrum
Dative	polygōnō	polygōnīs
Accusative	polygōnum	polygōna
Ablative	polygōnō	polygōnīs
Vocative	polygōnum	polygōna

Descendants

Descendants

• → Catalan: polígon (learned)
• → Czech: polygon
• → Danish: polygon
• → Dutch: polygoon
• → English: polygon
• → Finnish: polygoni
• → French: polygone (learned)
• → Friulian: poligon (learned)
• → German: Polygon
• → Hungarian: poligon
• → Polish: poligon
• → Romanian: poligon (learned)
• → Serbo-Croatian: polìgōn
• → Slovak: polygón
• → Swedish: polygon
• → Turkish: poligon

References

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