Chione

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χιόνη (Khiónē, “nymph in Greek myth”).

Proper noun

Chione f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Veneridae – certain Venus clams.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – trees from the neotropics.

Hypernyms

• (genus of clams): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Bivalvia – class; Autobranchia – subclass; Heteroconchia – superorder; Venerida – order; Veneroidea – superfamily; Veneridae – family
• (genus of trees): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I – clades; Gentianales – order; Rubiaceae – family; Cinchonoideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus of clams): Chione cancellata (cross-barred Venus) - type species
• (genus of trees): Chione venosa (fatpork) - sole accepted species

References

clams

• Chione (bivalve) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Veneridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Chione on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Chione at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Chione at AnimalBase
• Chione at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Chione at World Register of Marine Species

trees

• Chione (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chione (Rubiaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Chione (Rubiaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Chione at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Chione at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Chione at USDA Plants database
• Chione at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Chione at Tropicos
• Chione at Plants of the World Online
• Cinchonoideae at APWeb

English

Alternative forms

• Khione (scholarly)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χιόνη (Khiónē), derived from χιών (khiṓn, “snow”).

Proper noun

Chione

1. (Greek mythology) A daughter of Boreas, the North Wind, and Oreithyia, sister to Zetes, Calais and Cleopatra.
2. (Greek mythology) A nymph.

Further reading

• Chione (daughter of Boreas) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Icheon, echino-

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χιόνη (Khiónē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰi.o.neː/, [ˈkʰiɔneː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈki.o.ne/, [ˈkiːone]

Proper noun

Chionē f sg (genitive Chionēs); first declension

1. Chione (daughter of Daedation, mother to Autolycus and Philammon)
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 11.301–302:

     Nata erat huic Chione. Quae dotatissima forma / mille procos habuit, bis septem nubilis annis.

     Chione, whose most endowed form captivated a thousand suitors, had been the marriageable age of twice-seven.

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Chionē
genitive	Chionēs
dative	Chionae
accusative	Chionēn
ablative	Chionē
vocative	Chionē

References

• “Chione”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press