Castor

See also: castor

Translingual

Castor canadensis

Etymology

From Latin castor (“beaver”), from Ancient Greek κάστωρ (kástōr). Coined by Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus in 1758.

Proper noun

Castor m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Castoridae – beavers.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Rodentia – order; Castorimorpha – suborder; Castoridae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Castor fiber (European beaver) - type species; Castor canadensis (American beaver) – sole other extant species

References

• Castor (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Castor on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Castor on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κάστωρ (Kástōr), from Ancient Greek κάστωρ (kástōr, “beaver”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːs.tə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkæs.tɚ/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Castor

1. (Greek mythology) One of the Dioscuri
2. (astronomy) A double star in the constellation Gemini; alpha (α) Geminorum.
3. A village and civil parish in city of Peterborough district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1298).
4. A town in the County of Paintearth, Alberta, Canada. From French castor (“beaver”).
5. A village in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, United States. From French castor (“beaver”).
6. A surname.

Translations

Dioscuri

• Danish: Castor
• French: Castor (fr) m
• Greek: Κάστωρ (el) m (Kástor)
• Greenlandic: Kastori
• Inuktitut: ᑲᔅᑐᕐ (kastor)
• Irish: Castór m
• Polish: Kastor (pl) m
• Russian: Ка́стор (ru) m (Kástor)

Star

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 北河二 (bak¹ ho⁴ ji⁶)

  Mandarin: 北河二 (zh) (Běihé'èr)

• Dutch: Castor (nl) m
• French: Castor (fr) m
• Greek: Κάστωρ (el) m (Kástor)
• Māori: Whakaahu rangi, Whakaahu
• Polish: Kastor (pl) m
• Russian: Ка́стор (ru) m (Kástor)
• Scottish Gaelic: Gaolag na Caiginn f

See also

• Pollux

Anagrams

• Castro, Cators, Croats, acrost, actors, co-star, costar, scroat, scrota, tarocs

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kas.tɔʁ/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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Proper noun

Castor m

1. (Greek mythology) Castor
2. (astronomy) Castor
3. (Canada) Dane-zaa or Beaver indigenous people

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κᾰ́στωρ (Kắstōr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkas.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkas.tor]

Proper noun

Castor m sg (genitive Castoris); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Castor
   • 6th–5th century BCE, dedication to Castor and Pollux, Lavinium, Latium, →JSTOR:

     𐌂𐌀𐌔𐌕𐌏𐌓𐌄𐌉:𐌐𐌏𐌃𐌋𐌏𐌖𐌒𐌖𐌄𐌉𐌒𐌖𐌄 / 𐌒𐌖𐌓𐌏𐌉𐌔

     [Castorei Podlouqueique, qurois.]

     CASTOREI:PODLOVQVEIQVE / QVROIS

     To Castor and Pollux/Polydeuces, the Dioscuri.

2. (astronomy) The star α Geminorum in the constellation Gemini.

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Castor
genitive	Castoris
dative	Castorī
accusative	Castorem
ablative	Castore
vocative	Castor

• Castorei is an old form of Castorī.
• The Old Latin form Kastorus shows the rare genitive singular ending -us instead of the standard Classical Latin ending -is. This unique ending is poorly attested and largely exclusive to religious or legal documents.