Stentor
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See also: stentor
Translingual
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Etymology
[edit]From Latin Stentōr, from Ancient Greek Στέντωρ (Sténtōr), the name of a herald in the Iliad who had a loud voice.
Pronunciation
[edit]- English: (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstɛnˌtɔr/
Proper noun
[edit]Stentor f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Stentoridae – certain large chromists whose shape resembles a trumpet.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Harosa - subkingdom; Halvaria - infrakingdom; Alveolata - superphylum; Ciliophora - phylum; Postciliodesmatophora - subphylum; Heterotrichea - class; Heterotrichida - order; Stentoridae - family
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Stentor coeruleus, Stentor mulleri, Stentor polymorphus, Stentor roeseli - selected species
References
[edit]Stentor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Stentor on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Stentor on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Stentor at World Register of Marine Species
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin Stentōr, from Ancient Greek Στέντωρ (Sténtōr).
Proper noun
[edit]Stentor
- A herald in the Iliad celebrated for his loud voice.
- 1899, Aristotle, The Politics of Aristotle, page 172:
- For who can be the general of such a vast multitude, or who the herald, unless he have the voice of a Stentor?
- (astronomy) The Jovian asteroid 2146 Stentor.
Derived terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Στέντωρ (Sténtōr).
Proper noun
[edit]Stentōr m (genitive Stentoris); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Stentōr | Stentorēs |
Genitive | Stentoris | Stentorum |
Dative | Stentorī | Stentoribus |
Accusative | Stentorem | Stentorēs |
Ablative | Stentore | Stentoribus |
Vocative | Stentōr | Stentorēs |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “Stentor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Stentor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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