Atthis
Translingual
editEtymology
editNew Latin, after Atthis (“a mythological Greek woman, after whom Actaea was renamed Attica”), from Ancient Greek Ἀτθίς (Atthís).
Proper noun
editAtthis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae – certain hummingbirds.
Hypernyms
edit- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Apodiformes – order; Trochilidae – family; Trochilinae – subfamily
References
edit- Atthis (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Atthis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Ἀτθῐ́ς (Atthís, “Attic”, as a noun “the Attic dialect, the history of Athens, Athens itself”, feminine adjective).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈat.tʰis/, [ˈät̪ːʰɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈat.tis/, [ˈät̪ːis]
Proper noun
editAtthis f sg (genitive Atthidos); third declension
- (Late Latin) Attic Greek (prestige dialect of Ancient Greek)
- late AD 4th century, Diomedes Grammaticus, Artis Grammaticae libri III 440.5:
- Quinque sunt linguae Graecorum, Ias Doris Atthis Aeolis coene.
- late AD 4th century, Diomedes Grammaticus, Artis Grammaticae libri III 440.16–23:
- Atthis, quae brevitati studet, admittit soloecismos, quos cum docti fecerint, non soloecismi sed schemata logu appellantur, ut est
n u d a g e n u
et
u r b e m q u a m s t a t u o v e s t r a e s t.
ibi enim nudum genu habens debuit dicere et urbs quam statuo vestra est. sed serviens schemati quod appellatur hellenismos tres partes orationis redegit in duas usus per Atticismon.- Attic, which favours concision, allows solecisms [which], when learned men have committed them, are called not solecisms but figures of speech, as for instance “nuda genu” [Virgil, Aeneid 1.320] and “urbem quam statuo vestra est” [opere citato 1.573]. For in those places [Virgil] ought to have said “nudum genu habens” and “urbs quam statuo vestra est”. But in service to the [rhetorical] figure, that which is called Hellenism has reduced the three parts of speech to the two of usage on account of Atticism.
- Atthis, quae brevitati studet, admittit soloecismos, quos cum docti fecerint, non soloecismi sed schemata logu appellantur, ut est
Declension
editThird-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Atthis |
Genitive | Atthidos |
Dative | Atthidī |
Accusative | Atthida |
Ablative | Atthide |
Vocative | Atthis Atthi1 |
1In poetry.
Further reading
edit- “Atthis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Atthis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 183/2.
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