Translingual

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Anas platyrhynchos (type species)

Etymology

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From Latin anas (duck), from Proto-Italic *anats, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts (duck).

Proper noun

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Anas f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Anatidae – various species of dabbling duck.

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: anas unox

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Anās m sg (genitive Anae); first declension

  1. A river in Spain and Portugal; modern Guadiana.

Declension

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First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

References

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  • Anas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Anas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Anas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Anas”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Anas”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly