# Pleroma
## Translingual
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πλήρωμᾰ (plḗrōma, “that which fills, a complement; a filling up, a completing”), from πληρόω (plēróō, “to make full, fill; to complete, finish”) (from πλήρης (plḗrēs, “complete, full”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)) + -όω (-óō, suffix forming verbs with the sense of making someone be or do something)) + -μᾰ (-ma, suffix forming nouns denoting the result or effect of an action). The plant genus was coined by the Scottish botanist David Don (1799–1841) in 1822 to describe the way the seeds of the plant filled the capsule.

### Proper noun

Pleroma n
* A taxonomic genus within the family Melastomataceae – certain tropical plants.
* A taxonomic genus within the family Pleromidae – certain sea sponges.

#### Hypernyms

* (genus in Melastomataceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids - clades; Myrtales - order; Melastomaceae - family; Melastomatoideae - subfamily; Melastomeae - tribe
* (genus in Pleromidae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Porifera – phylum; Demospongiae – class; Heteroscleromorpha - subclass; Tetractinellida - order; Astrophorina - suborder; Pleromidae - family

#### Hyponyms

* (genus in Melastomataceae): Pleroma heteromallum (silverleafed princess flower) - type species; Pleroma gaudichaudianum - selected other species
* (genus in Pleromidae): Pleroma turbinatum - type species; Pleroma aotea, Pleroma menoui, Pleroma torquilla - other species

### References

* ↑ Compare “pleroma, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2023.
* ↑ Compare “pleroma, n.”, in Collins English Dictionary.
* ↑ David Don (1822 November 16) “XXIV.—An Illustration of the Natural Family of Plants called Melastomaceæ.”, in Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society, volume IV, part II, Edinburgh: […] [by P. Neill] for Adam Black, […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, published 1823, →OCLC, page 295: “Nomen duxi ab voce Græca πληρωμα, plenitudo, quòd loculi capsulæ placentis carnosis seminiferis farcti sunt. ― I took the name from the Greek word πληρωμα, fullness, as the loculi of the capsules are stuffed with fleshy seed-producing cakes.”

### Further reading
#### plant

* Pleroma (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Pleroma (Melastomataceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Pleroma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Pleroma at National Center for Biotechnology Information
* Pleroma at Tropicos
* Pleroma at The Plant List

#### sponge

* Pleromidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Pleroma (Pleromidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Tetractinellida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Pleroma at World Register of Marine Species

## English
### Proper noun

Pleroma
* (Gnosticism, historical) Alternative letter-case form of pleroma (“the spiritual universe seen as the totality of the essence and powers of God”)

### Anagrams

* Palermo, Palmero, Palmore, leproma, polearm

## German
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλήρωμα (plḗrōma, “a filling up, fullness”).

### Noun

Pleroma n (strong, genitive Pleroma, no plural)
* (Gnosticism) Pleroma

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλήρωμα (plḗrōma, “a filling up, fullness”).

### Noun

Pleroma n
* (Gnosticism) Pleroma