# Daphne
## Translingual
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel”).

### Proper noun

Daphne f
* A taxonomic genus within the family Thymelaeaceae – daphnes, Old World shrubs with scented flowers and poisonous berries.

#### Hypernyms

* (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids - clades; Malvales - order; Thymelaeaceae - family

#### Hyponyms

* (genus): Daphne laureola (spurge-laurel) - type species; Daphne gnidium (flax-leaved daphne), Daphne genkwa (Chinese daphne) - selected other species; for the numerous other species see Daphne on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

#### Derived terms

* Actinodaphne
* Chamaedaphne
* Antidaphne
* Rhodostemonodaphne
* Phyllostemonodaphne
* Alseodaphne
* Povedadaphne
* Triadodaphne
* Mocinnodaphne
* Dryadodaphne
* Acanthodaphne
* Cryptodaphne
* Acamptodaphne
* Didaphne
* Ophiodaphne
* Senadaphne

### References

* Daphne (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Daphne on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Daphne on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Daphne at Plants of the World Online

## English
### Alternative forms

* Daphnë

### Etymology

From Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel, bay”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK, US) IPA: /ˈdæfni/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Proper noun

Daphne
* (Greek mythology) A dryad pursued by Apollo, who was turned into a laurel tree by the river god Peneus.
** c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:Run when you will, the story shall be chang'd; / Apollo flies, and Daphne holds the chase; / The dove pursues the griffin
* (astronomy) 41 Daphne, a main belt asteroid.
* A female given name from Ancient Greek.
** 1989, John Banville, The Book of Evidence, page 7:My wife. Daphne. Yes, that was, is, her name. For some reason people have always found it faintly comic. I think it matches very well her damp, dark, myopic beauty.

#### Synonyms

* (astronomy): 41 Daphne, ㊶

#### Translations
## Cebuano
### Etymology

From English Daphne, from Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel, bay”).

### Proper noun

Daphne
* a female given name from English
* (Greek mythology) a dryad pursued by Apollo, who was turned into a laurel tree by the river god Peneus
* (astronomy) the asteroid 41 Daphne

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Daphne.

## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* Dafne (rare)

### Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel, bay”), perhaps via French or alternatively English.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɑf.nə/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Daph‧ne

### Proper noun

Daphne f
* a female given name

## Latin
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel, bay”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈdapʰ.neː/, [ˈd̪äpʰneː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈdaf.ne/, [ˈd̪äfne]

### Proper noun

Daphnē f sg (genitive Daphnēs); first declension
* (Greek mythology) Daphne

#### Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
| Nominative | Daphnē |
| Genitive | Daphnēs |
| Dative | Daphnae |
| Accusative | Daphnēn |
| Ablative | Daphnē |
| Vocative | Daphnē |

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈda.fi.ni/, /ˈdaf.ni/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈda.fi.ni/, /ˈdaf.ni/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈdaf.ne/, /ˈda.fi.ne/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈda.fnɨ/

### Proper noun

Daphne f
* Archaic spelling of Dafne.