Palinurus
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek παλίν (palín, “back, backwards”) + οὐρά (ourá), οὐρή (ourḗ, “tail”).
Proper noun edit
Palinurus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Palinuridae – spiny lobsters.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Malacostraca - class; Eumalacostraca - subclass; Eucarida - superorder; Decapoda - order; Pleocyemata - suborder; Achelata - infraorder; Palinuridae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Palinurus elephas - type species
Derived terms edit
- Palinuroidea
- †Archaeopalinurus Pinna, 1974
- Linuparus
- Nupalirus
- †Palaeopalinurus
- †Palinurina
- Palinura
References edit
Palinurus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Palinurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Palinurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Παλίνουρος (Palínouros).
Proper noun edit
Palinūrus m sg (genitive Palinūrī); second declension
- a male given name, character in the play Curculio of Plautus
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Palinūrus |
| Genitive | Palinūrī |
| Dative | Palinūrō |
| Accusative | Palinūrum |
| Ablative | Palinūrō |
| Vocative | Palinūre |
References edit
- “Palinurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Palinurus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.