Lucanus

Translingual

Lucanus cervus

Etymology

Coined by Tyrolean physician and naturalist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1763. Possibly from Latin lucanus (“stag beetle”).

Proper noun

Lucanus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lucanidae – stag beetles.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Coleoptera - order; Polyphaga - suborder; Scarabaeiformia - infraorder; Scarabaeoidea - superfamily; Lucanidae - family; Lucaninae - subfamily; Lucanini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Lucanus cervus - type species

References

• Lucanus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lucanus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lucanus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latin

Etymology

Lūca (“a city in Etruria”) +‎ -ānus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /luːˈkaː.nus/, [ɫ̪uːˈkäːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /luˈka.nus/, [luˈkäːnus]

Proper noun

Lūcānus m (genitive Lūcānī); second declension

1. A resident of Lucania
2. The name of a Roman gēns.
3. The Roman poet Lucan.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Lūcānus	Lūcānī
Genitive	Lūcānī	Lūcānōrum
Dative	Lūcānō	Lūcānīs
Accusative	Lūcānum	Lūcānōs
Ablative	Lūcānō	Lūcānīs
Vocative	Lūcāne	Lūcānī

Descendants

• English: Lucan
• Italian: Lucano
• Ancient Greek: Λουκανός (Loukanós)
• Translingual: Lucanus

References

• “Lucanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers