Arion

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Translingual[edit]

Arion ater (black slug)

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Arion m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Arionidae – air-breathing land slugs, the roundback slugs.

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Proper noun[edit]

Arion

  1. A Greek poet
  2. A city in Iowa

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek Ἀρῑ́ων (Arī́ōn).

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Proper noun[edit]

Arīōn m sg (genitive Arīonis); third declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Arion
  2. Arion of Methymna, a Greek cytharode saved by dolphins from drowning

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Arīōn
Genitive Arīonis
Dative Arīonī
Accusative Arīona
Ablative Arīone
Vocative Arīōn

Descendants[edit]

  • English: Arion
  • Italian: Arione