Astacus

See also: astacus

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Astacus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Astacidae – various crayfish.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Malacostraca - class; Eumalacostraca - subclass; Eucarida - superorder; Decapoda - order; Pleocyemata - suborder; Astacidea - infraorder; Astacoidea - superfamily; Astacidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Astacus astacus (European crayfish) - type species

References

• Astacus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Astacus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Astacus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ta.kus/, [ˈäs̠t̪äkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ta.kus/, [ˈäst̪äkus]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄστακος (Ástakos), Ἀστακός (Astakós).

Alternative forms

• Astacos

Proper noun

Astacus f sg (genitive Astacī); second declension

1. A city on the west coast of Acarnania

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Astacus
Genitive	Astacī
Dative	Astacō
Accusative	Astacum
Ablative	Astacō
Vocative	Astace
Locative	Astacī

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄστακος (Ástakos).

Proper noun

Astacus m sg (genitive Astacī); second declension

1. The father of Menalippus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Astacus
Genitive	Astacī
Dative	Astacō
Accusative	Astacum
Ablative	Astacō
Vocative	Astace

References

• “Astăcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Astăcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Astacus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Astacus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly