Serranus

Translingual

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Latin serra (“a saw”)

Proper noun

Serranus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Serranidae – certain Atlantic dwarf sea basses.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Perciformes - order; Percoidei - suborder; Percoidea - superfamily; Serranidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Serranus cabrilla (comber) - type species; Serranus scriba (painted comber) - selected other species; for other species see Serranus on WikispeciesWikispecies or Serranus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Serranus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Serranus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Serranus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /serˈraː.nus/, [s̠ɛrˈräːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /serˈra.nus/, [serˈräːnus]

Proper noun

Serrānus m sg (genitive Serrānī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Aulus Atilius Serranus, a Roman consul
2. (Roman mythology) A warrior and ally of Turnus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Serrānus
Genitive	Serrānī
Dative	Serrānō
Accusative	Serrānum
Ablative	Serrānō
Vocative	Serrāne

References

• “Serranus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Serranus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.