Danaus
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Etymology
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Proper noun
Danaus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – called tigers, milkweeds, monarchs, wanderers, and queens.
- A taxonomic subgenus within the genus Danaus – that includes Danaus plexippus.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Papilionoidea - superfamily; Papilioniformes - series; Nymphalidae - family; Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. - subfamily; Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. - tribe; Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Danaus plexippus - type species; for other species see
Danaus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References
Danaus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Danaus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Danaus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Danaus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Δᾰνᾰός.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Danaus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Δᾰνᾰός (Danaós).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈda.na.us/, [ˈd̪änäʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈda.na.us/, [ˈd̪äːnäus]
Proper noun
Danaus m sg (genitive Danaī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Danaus |
Genitive | Danaī |
Dative | Danaō |
Accusative | Danaum |
Ablative | Danaō |
Vocative | Danae |
Adjective
Danaus (feminine Danaa, neuter Danaum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | Danaus | Danaa | Danaum | Danaī | Danaae | Danaa | |
Genitive | Danaī | Danaae | Danaī | Danaōrum | Danaārum | Danaōrum | |
Dative | Danaō | Danaō | Danaīs | ||||
Accusative | Danaum | Danaam | Danaum | Danaōs | Danaās | Danaa | |
Ablative | Danaō | Danaā | Danaō | Danaīs | |||
Vocative | Danae | Danaa | Danaum | Danaī | Danaae | Danaa |
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
References
- “Dănăus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Dǎnǎus 1 Dǎnǎus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Dǎnǎus 2 Dǎnǎus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Danaus1 ~ī” on page 532/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
- “Danaus2 ~a, ~um” on page 532/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
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