Nicolaus

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos).

Proper noun

Nicolaus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadellidae – certain leafhoppers of southern Africa.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Paraneoptera - superorder; Hemiptera - order; Auchenorrhyncha - suborder; Cicadomorpha - infraorder; Membracoidea - superfamily; Cicadellidae - family; Deltocephalinae - subfamily; Paralimnini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Nicolaus xerophilus - type species

References

• Paralimnini on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Nicolaus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Paralimnini on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Proper noun

Nicolaus

1. A census-designated place in Sutter County, California, United States.

Anagrams

• cousinal, unsocial

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɪkolaʊ̯s], [ˈniːkolaʊ̯s]

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Proper noun

Nicolaus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Nicolaus, plural Nicolaus)

1. a male given name

Related terms

• Nikolaus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /niː.koˈlaː.us/, [niːkɔˈɫ̪äːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ni.koˈla.us/, [nikoˈläːus]

Proper noun

Nīcolāus m sg (genitive Nīcolāī); second declension

1. a male given name

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Nīcolāus
Genitive	Nīcolāī
Dative	Nīcolāō
Accusative	Nīcolāum
Ablative	Nīcolāō
Vocative	Nīcolāe

Related terms

• Nīcolāa

 

References

• “Nicolaus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press