Atta
See also: Appendix:Variations of "atta"
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Latin Atta (“a surname for persons who walk upon the tips of their shoes”), probably from Ancient Greek ᾁττω (hāittō), ᾁσσω (hāissō, “to spring”)
Proper noun edit
Atta f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Formicidae – leaf-cutter ants.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Hymenoptera – order; Apocrita - suborder; Formicoidea - superfamily; Formicidae - family; Myrmicinae - subfamily; Attini - tribe
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Atta cephalotes - type species; for other species see
Atta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References edit
- Atta (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Atta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Atta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Atta at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Atta at the Catalogue of Life
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From atta (“a person who walks upon the tips of their shoes”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈat.ta/, [ˈät̪ːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈat.ta/, [ˈät̪ːä]
Proper noun edit
Atta m sg (genitive Attae); first declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Titus Quinctius Atta, a Roman writer
Declension edit
First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Atta |
| Genitive | Attae |
| Dative | Attae |
| Accusative | Attam |
| Ablative | Attā |
| Vocative | Atta |
References edit
- “Atta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Atta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.