cantharis
See also: Cantharis
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin cantharis, from Ancient Greek κανθαρίς (kantharís).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cantharis (plural cantharides)
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek κανθαρίς (kantharís, “blister-beetle”), of uncertain origin. Possibly related to the toponym Κάνθαροσ (Kántharos), a port of Piraeus, which is a Pre-Greek name. Also compare Akkadian 𒅗𒀭𒁕/𒌨𒌋 (“cup”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.tʰa.ris/, [ˈkän̪t̪ʰärɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.ta.ris/, [ˈkän̪t̪äris]
Noun edit
cantharis f (genitive cantharidis); third declension
- Spanish fly, a beetle of species Lytta vesicatoria, and the poison of it.
- A worm injurious to the vine and rose.
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cantharis | cantharidēs |
| Genitive | cantharidis | cantharidum |
| Dative | cantharidī | cantharidibus |
| Accusative | cantharidem | cantharidēs |
| Ablative | cantharide | cantharidibus |
| Vocative | cantharis | cantharidēs |
Descendants edit
- English: cantharis
References edit
- “cantharis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cantharis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cantharis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN