Baetis

Translingual

Baetis tricaudatus, male subimago

Etymology

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Proper noun

Baetis m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Baetidae – certain mayflies.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Ephemeroptera - order; Pisciforma - suborder; Siphlonuroidea - superfamily; Baetidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Baetis alpinus, Baetis alternata, Baetis atrebatinus, Baetis buceratus, Baetis fuscatus, Baetis gemellus, Baetis muticus, Baetis niger, Baetis rhodani, Baetis scambus, Baetis tricaudatus, Baetis venustulus, Baetis vernus (selected species)

References

• Baetis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Baetis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Baetis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latin

Guadalquivir River

Alternative forms

• Betis

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βαῖτις (Baîtis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbae̯.tis/, [ˈbäe̯t̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbe.tis/, [ˈbɛːt̪is]

Proper noun

Baetis m sg (genitive Baetis); third declension

1. The river Guadalquivir, in Spain

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im or -in, ablative singular in -e or -ī), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Baetis
Genitive	Baetis
Dative	Baetī
Accusative	Baetim Baetin
Ablative	Baete Baetī
Vocative	Baetis

Derived terms

• Baeticus
• Baetica

Descendants

• → Portuguese: Bétis (learned)

References

• “Baetis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Baetis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Baetis”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “Baetis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Baetis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly