Daphne

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

Daphne f

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

• (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

• (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

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

• Daphnë

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

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈdæfni/

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Daphne

1. (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

2. (astronomy) 41 Daphne, a main belt asteroid.
3. 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.

• (astronomy): 41 Daphne, ㊶

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

Daphne

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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Daphne.

• Dafne (rare)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑf.nə/

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• Hyphenation: Daph‧ne

Daphne f

1. a female given name

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdapʰ.neː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪af.ne]

Daphnē f sg (genitive Daphnēs); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Daphne

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

Daphne f

1. archaic spelling of Dafne