Serranus
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Latin serra (“a saw”)
Proper noun edit
Serranus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Serranidae – certain Atlantic dwarf sea basses.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Perciformes - order; Percoidei - suborder; Percoidea - superfamily; Serranidae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Serranus cabrilla (comber) - type species; Serranus scriba (painted comber) - selected other species; for other species see
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Serranus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References edit
- Serranus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Serranus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Serranus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Latin edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /serˈraː.nus/, [s̠ɛrˈräːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /serˈra.nus/, [serˈräːnus]
Proper noun edit
Serrānus m sg (genitive Serrānī); second declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Aulus Atilius Serranus, a Roman consul
- (Roman mythology) A warrior and ally of Turnus
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Serrānus |
| Genitive | Serrānī |
| Dative | Serrānō |
| Accusative | Serrānum |
| Ablative | Serrānō |
| Vocative | Serrāne |
References edit
- “Serranus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Serranus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.