Ophiusa

Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Ophiusa f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain moths.

Latin

Alternative forms

• Ophiussa

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀφιούσσα (Ophioússa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /o.pʰiˈuː.sa/, [ɔpʰiˈuːs̠ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.fiˈu.sa/, [ofiˈuːs̬ä]

Proper noun

Ophiūsa f sg (genitive Ophiūsae); first declension

1. The name of several islands

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ophiūsa
Genitive	Ophiūsae
Dative	Ophiūsae
Accusative	Ophiūsam
Ablative	Ophiūsā
Vocative	Ophiūsa

Related terms

• Ophiūsius

References

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