Polybius
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Πολύβιος (Polúbios, “Many lives”).
Proper noun edit
Polybius m
- Certain swimming crabs of the Atlantic and western Mediterranean:
- A taxonomic genus within the family Polybiidae.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Portunidae.
Usage notes edit
- Sometimes placed in families Carcinidae or Portunidae, which, like Polybiidae, are in superfamily Portunoidea.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Malacostraca - class; Eumalacostraca - subclass; Eucarida - superorder; Decapoda - order; Pleocyemata - suborder; Brachyura - infraorder; Eubrachyura - section; Heterotremata - subsection; Portunoidea - superfamily; Polybiidae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Polybius henslowii - sole species
References edit
- Polybius (crab) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Carcinidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Portunidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Polybius at World Register of Marine Species
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin Polybius, from Ancient Greek Πολύβιος (Polúbios, literally “much life, long-lived”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Polybius
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Polybius, an Ancient Greek historian of the Hellenistic period.
Derived terms edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πολύβιος (Polúbios).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /poˈly.bi.us/, [pɔˈlʲʏbiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /poˈli.bi.us/, [poˈliːbius]
Proper noun edit
Polybius m sg (genitive Polybiī or Polybī); second declension
- a male given name from Ancient Greek — famously held by:
- Polybius, an Ancient Greek historian of the Hellenistic period.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Polybius |
Genitive | Polybiī Polybī1 |
Dative | Polybiō |
Accusative | Polybium |
Ablative | Polybiō |
Vocative | Polybī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References edit
- “Pŏlybĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pŏly̆bĭus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,196.