Atrax
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Coined by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge and published in 1877
Possibly from Latin ātra (feminine nominative) meaning dull black, dark., but more likely from Latin Atrax- although there is no obvious connection between Australian spiders and ancient Greece. A third possibility could involve a misspelling of Latin atrox, having the meaning ‘terrible, frightening, dreadful’ (more appropriate in the light of the potency of the venom).
Proper noun edit
Atrax m
- A taxonomic species within the family Hexathelidae – certain of the funnel-web tarantulas.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Araneae - order; Opisthothelae - suborder; Mygalomorphae - infraorder; Hexatheloidea - superfamily; Hexathelidae - family; Atracinae - subfamily; Atrax - genus
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Atrax robustus, Atrax sutherlandi, Atrax yorkmainorum - species
Further reading edit
Atrax on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Atrax on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Atrax on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Atrax at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Atrax at Encyclopedia of Life
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄτραξ (Átrax).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.traks/, [ˈät̪räks̠] or IPA(key): /ˈat.raks/, [ˈät̪räks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.traks/, [ˈäːt̪räks] or IPA(key): /ˈat.raks/, [ˈät̪räks]
Proper noun edit
Atrax m sg (genitive Atracis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Atrax |
| Genitive | Atracis |
| Dative | Atracī |
| Accusative | Atracem |
| Ablative | Atrace |
| Vocative | Atrax |
| Locative | Atracī Atrace |
Related terms edit
References edit
- “Atrax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Atrax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Atrax”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly