Portunus
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
After Latin Portunus (Portunes, Portumnes), the Roman god of harbors and ports.
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Proper noun edit
Portunus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Portunidae – certain swimming crabs.
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; Portunidae - family; Portuninae - subfamily
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Portunus pelagicus (flower crab) - type species; Portunus anceps, Portunus sanguinolentus (three-spot swimming crab, blood-spotted swimming crab, red-spotted swimming crab), Portunus sayi (sargassum swimming crab), Portunus segnis (African blue swimming crab), Portunus trituberculatus (gazami crab), Portunus ventralis - selected other species; for other species see Portunus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References edit
- Portunus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Portunus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Portunus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Portunus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Portunus at Encyclopedia of Life
- Portunus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Portunus at World Register of Marine Species
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From an unattested adjectival form of portus seen in opportūnus and importūnus. Ultimately from portus (“port, harbour”) + -nus (see -īnus). Compare lacūna.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /porˈtuː.nus/, [pɔrˈt̪uːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /porˈtu.nus/, [porˈt̪uːnus]
Proper noun edit
Portūnus m sg (genitive Portūnī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Portūnus |
Genitive | Portūnī |
Dative | Portūnō |
Accusative | Portūnum |
Ablative | Portūnō |
Vocative | Portūne |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “Portunus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Portunus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.