paeonia

From Ancient Greek παιωνία (paiōnía, “peony”), from Ancient Greek Παιών (Paiṓn, “Paean, the physician of the gods”), related to παιών (paiṓn, “a physician”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pae̯ˈoː.ni.a/

paeōnia f (genitive paeōniae); first declension

1. peony

First declension.

• French: pivoine
• Italian: peonia
• Translingual: Paeonia

• paeonia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• paeonia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• paeonia in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• paeonia in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• paeonia in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly