English

Noun

bunias

1. plural of bunia

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek βουνιάς ‎(bouniás).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbuː.ni.as/

Noun

būnias f ‎(genitive būniados); third declension

1. a kind of turnip: probably a subspecies of Brassica napus
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Declension

Third declension, Greek type.

Related terms

• būnion

References

• būnĭăs in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “būnĭăs”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 231/3.
• “būnias” on page 245/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)