Ascalaphus
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἀσκάλαφος (askálaphos, “owl”).
Proper noun edit
Ascalaphus m
- A taxonomic genus within the Ascalaphidae family – split-eyed owlflies.
Further reading edit
Ascalaphinae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Ascalaphus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Ascalaphus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Ascalaphus, from Ancient Greek Ἀσκάλαφος (Askálaphos, literally “Screech-owl”).
Proper noun edit
Ascalaphus
- (Greek mythology) The orchardist of Hades, changed into a screech-owl by Demeter for telling Hades that Persephone had eaten pomegranate seeds
Translations edit
the orchardist of Hades
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀσκάλαφος (Askálaphos).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /asˈka.la.pʰus/, [äs̠ˈkäɫ̪äpʰʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /asˈka.la.fus/, [äsˈkäːläfus]
Proper noun edit
Ascalaphus m sg (genitive Ascalaphī); second declension
- (Greek mythology) The custodian of the orchard of Hades, son of Acheron and Orphne
- (Greek mythology) A king of Orchomenus, son of Ares and Astyoche
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Ascalaphus |
| Genitive | Ascalaphī |
| Dative | Ascalaphō |
| Accusative | Ascalaphum |
| Ablative | Ascalaphō |
| Vocative | Ascalaphe |
References edit
- “Ascalaphus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- Ascalaphus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.