restio

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English

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a restio, of species Restio quadratus growing in Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, South Africa

Noun

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restio (plural restios)

  1. (botany) Any member of the family Restionaceae of perennial, evergreen, rush-like flowering plants native to the Southern Hemisphere.
    • 2012, Els Dorrat-Haaksma, H. Peter Linder, Restios of the Fynbos, →ISBN, page 14:
      Restios can be found in virtually all habitats of the fynbos, from sandy plains to mountain summits and from very dry places to seasonally wet or to permanent marshes.
  2. (botany) In particular, any member of the genus Restio of the family Restionaceae

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Late Latin *restivus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /reˈsti.o/
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: re‧stì‧o

Adjective

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restio (feminine restia, masculine plural restii, feminine plural restie)

  1. reluctant, unwilling

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Latin

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Etymology

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From restis (rope) +‎ .

Pronunciation

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Noun

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restiō m (genitive restiōnis); third declension

  1. ropemaker

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative restiō restiōnēs
genitive restiōnis restiōnum
dative restiōnī restiōnibus
accusative restiōnem restiōnēs
ablative restiōne restiōnibus
vocative restiō restiōnēs

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References

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