spionia

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown etymology, perhaps a Mediterranean or Aegean word. Suggested connections include Welsh ffion (“purple foxglove”).

Noun

spiōnia f (genitive spiōniae); first declension

  1. a variety of grapevine, resistant to wet conditions and distinguished by its large grapes
    • 4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De Re Rustica 3.2.27:
      ut spionia dapsilis musto sed amplitudine magis uvarum quam numero fertilis
      […] the spionia grape abundant in must but rich in the size rather than the number of its grapes

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative spiōnia spiōniae
genitive spiōniae spiōniārum
dative spiōniae spiōniīs
accusative spiōniam spiōniās
ablative spiōniā spiōniīs
vocative spiōnia spiōniae

References

  • “spionia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • spionia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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