spioniaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Unknown etymology, perhaps a Mediterranean or Aegean word. Suggested connections include Welsh ffion (“purple foxglove”).

名詞

spiōnia f (genitive spiōniae); first declension

1. a variety of grapevine, resistant to wet conditions and distinguished by its large grapes
   • 4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De Re Rustica 3.2.27:

     ut spionia dapsilis musto sed amplitudine magis uvarum quam numero fertilis

     […] the spionia grape abundant in must but rich in the size rather than the number of its grapes