Semiramis
See also: Semiramìs
Translingual
editEtymology
editAncient Greek Σεμῑ́ραμις (Semī́ramis)
Proper noun
editSemiramis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Bombyliidae – certain bee flies.
Hypernyms
edit- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Brachycera - suborder; Asilomorpha - infraorder; Asiloidea - superfamily; Bombyliidae - family
Hyponyms
edit- (genus): Semiramis punctipennis - species
References
edit- Bombyliidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Bombyliidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Bombyliidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Semiramis at the Catalogue of Life
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin Semīramis, from Ancient Greek Σεμῑ́ραμις (Semī́ramis), ultimately Akkadian in origin.
Proper noun
editSemiramis
- A legendary queen of Assyria.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 12:
- The hair fell in curls over the face, and was gathered up behind in a knot, from which hung some rich ringlets. These, however, did not conceal the haughty turn of the head, erect like that of a young Semiramis.
Translations
editlegendary queen of Assyria
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Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Σεμῑ́ραμις (Semī́ramis).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /seˈmiː.ra.mis/, [s̠ɛˈmiːrämɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /seˈmi.ra.mis/, [seˈmiːrämis]
Proper noun
editSemīramis f sg (genitive Semīramidis); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Semīramis |
Genitive | Semīramidis |
Dative | Semīramidī |
Accusative | Semīramidem Semīramin |
Ablative | Semīramide Semīramī |
Vocative | Semīramis |
Descendants
edit- English: Semiramis
- Italian: Semiramide
References
edit- “Semiramis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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