Amaryllis

From Latin Amaryllis (“a country girl in Virgil's Eclogues”), from Ancient Greek Ἀμαρυλλίς (Amarullís, from ἀμαρύσσω (amarússō, “I shine”)).

Amaryllis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Amaryllidaceae – includes the belladonna lily, Amaryllis belladonna.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots - clades; Asparagales - order; Amaryllidaceae - family; Amaryllidoideae - subfamily; Amaryllideae - tribe; Amaryllidinae - subtribe

• (genus): Amaryllis belladonna - type species; Amaryllis paradisicola - other species

• Hippeastrum (subfamily Amaryllidoideae: tribe Hippeastreae)

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Amaryllis

1. A female given name from Latin or Ancient Greek

Amaryllis f (genitive Amaryllis, plural Amaryllen)

1. amaryllis

• “Amaryllis” in Duden online
• “Amaryllis” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.maˈryl.lis/, [ämäˈrʏlːʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.maˈril.lis/, [ämäˈrilːis]

Amaryllis f (genitive Amaryllidis); third declension

1. Amaryllis (female given name)
   • Vergilius, Eclogae, II, 14 f.:

     nonne fuit satius tristis Amaryllidis iras / atque superba pati fastidia?

     Surely it was better to endure Amaryllis' mournful anger and proud disdain?

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• → English: amaryllis
• Translingual: Amaryllis
• Romance:
  • Catalan: amarillis
  • French: amaryllis
  • Italian: amarillide
  • Portuguese: amarílis
  • Romanian: amarilis
  • Spanish: amarilis
• → Finnish: amaryllis
• → German: Amaryllis
• → Polish: amarylis
• → Russian: амари́ллис (amaríllis), амари́л (amaríl)
• → Swedish: amaryllis