antlia

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin antlia (pump), from Ancient Greek ἀντλία (antlía).

Noun

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antlia (plural antliae)

  1. (archaic, zoology) The spiral tubular proboscis of butterflies.

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ἀντλία (antlía, bilge-water, filth), from ἀντλέω (antléō, to bale out bilge-water, to bale the ship, to draw water).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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antlia f (genitive antliae); first declension

  1. a foot-operated pump for drawing water
  2. (zoology) the body part of an insect used to suck up plant juices

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative antlia antliae
Genitive antliae antliārum
Dative antliae antliīs
Accusative antliam antliās
Ablative antliā antliīs
Vocative antlia antliae

References

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  • antlia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • antlia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • antlia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • antlia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin