Atrax

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Atrax m

1. A taxonomic species within the family Hexathelidae – certain of the funnel-web tarantulas.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Chelicerata – subphylum; Arachnida – class; Araneae – order; Opisthothelae - suborder; Mygalomorphae - infraorder; Hexatheloidea - superfamily; Hexathelidae - family; Atracinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Atrax robustus, ,  - species

Further reading

• Atrax on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Atrax on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Atrax on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Atrax at National Center for Biotechnology Information

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄτραξ (Átrax).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.traks/, [ˈät̪räks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.traks/, [ˈäːt̪räks]

Proper noun

Atrax m sg (genitive Atracis); third declension

1. A town of Thessaly, situated above the river Peneus
2. A river in Aetolia, mentioned by Pliny

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Atrax
Genitive	Atracis
Dative	Atracī
Accusative	Atracem
Ablative	Atrace
Vocative	Atrax
Locative	Atracī Atrace

Related terms

• Atraces
• Atracis
• Atracius

References

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