| 释义 |
▪ I. -ia, suffix1
a termination of L. and Gr. ns. [= i-, ι-, stem or connective vowel + -a suffix 2], in Gr. esp. frequent as the ending of abstract ns. from adjs. in -ος, etc. Many words so formed are in Eng. use, as hydrophobia, mania, militia; hence frequent in mod.Latin terms of Pathology (cephalalgia, hæmaturia, hyperalgia, hysteria); of Botany, in names of classes, orders, or other divisions, as Monandria, Digynia, Cryptogamia, and in generic names of plants, formed on personal names, or otherwise derived, as Dahlia, Fuchsia, Lobelia, Wisteria, Woodsia; Calceolaria, Mantisia, etc.; in names of countries, as Australia, Tasmania, Rhodesia; and in names of alkaloids (after ammonia), as aconitia, atropia, conia, morphia, strychnia, in which more recent nomenclature prefers the ending -ine. In Fr. -ia became -ie, whence ME. -ie, Eng. -y, in ns. in -ency, -ography, -ology, etc.
▪ II. -ia, suffix2
[f. -i- stem or connective vowel + -a suffix 4],
forming plurals of Lat. and Gr. ns. in -ium, -e (-i), -ιον, some of which are in Eng. use, as paraphernalia, regalia, saturnalia; hence frequent in mod.L. names of classes, etc. in Zoology, as Mammalia, Marsupialia, Reptilia, Amphibia. |