restio

English

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

Noun

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

References

• restio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Restionaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Restionaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• storie, triose, Storie, tiroes, sortie, tories, oister, œstri, Sortie, oestri, roesti, Tories

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin *restivus.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

1. reluctant, unwilling

Derived terms

• restiamente

Anagrams

• esorti, istero-, ortesi, riteso, roseti, sorite, storie, tesori

Latin

Etymology

From restis (“rope”) ‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈres.ti.oː/, [ˈrɛs̠t̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈres.ti.o/, [ˈrɛst̪io]

Noun

restiō m (genitive restiōnis); third declension

1. ropemaker

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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

Synonyms

• restiārius

References

• “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.