Otus

See also: otus

Translingual

Otus scops

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὦτος (ôtos, “horned or eared owl”)

Proper noun

Otus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Strigidae – the scops owls.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Strigiformes - order; Strigidae - family; Striginae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Otus scops; for other species see Otus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies and Wiktionary entries starting with Otus

References

• Scops owl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Otus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Otus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Ōtos, Ōthos, Oetus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὦτος (Ôtos).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.tus/, [ˈoːt̪ʊs̠]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.tus/, [ˈɔːt̪us]

Proper noun

Ōtus m sg (genitive Ōtī); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Otus, a giant in Greek mythology and brother of Ephialtes

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ōtus
Genitive	Ōtī
Dative	Ōtō
Accusative	Ōtum
Ablative	Ōtō
Vocative	Ōte

References

• “Otus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Otus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.