Apis
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Apis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Apidae – honey bees.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Hymenoptera – order; Apocrita – suborder; Apoidea – superfamily; Apidae – family; Apinae - subfamily; Apini - tribe
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Apis mellifera - type species; Apis andreniformis, Apis cerana, Apis dorsata, Apis florea, Apis koschevnikovi, Apis nigrocincta - other species
References edit
Apis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Apis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Apis (insect) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἄπις (Ápis), named after the deity Apis, from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉ (hape), from Egyptian ḥp.
Proper noun edit
Apis f sg (genitive Apis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Apis |
| Genitive | Apis |
| Dative | Apī |
| Accusative | Apem |
| Ablative | Ape |
| Vocative | Apis |
| Locative | Apī Ape |
References edit
- “Apis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly