astacus

See also: Astacus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀστακός (astakós, “smooth lobster”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ta.kus/, [ˈäs̠t̪äkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ta.kus/, [ˈäst̪äkus]

Noun

astacus m (genitive astacī); second declension

1. A kind of crab

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	astacus	astacī
Genitive	astacī	astacōrum
Dative	astacō	astacīs
Accusative	astacum	astacōs
Ablative	astacō	astacīs
Vocative	astace	astacī

Descendants

• Italian: astice
• Translingual: Astacus

References

• “astacus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• astacus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “astacus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “astacus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “astacus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “astacus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly