cantharis

See also: Cantharis

English

Etymology

From Latin cantharis, from Ancient Greek κανθαρίς (kantharís).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kænˈθæɹɪs/

Noun

cantharis (plural cantharides)

1. singular of cantharides

Anagrams

• Thracians, anarchist, antiarchs, anticrash

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κανθαρίς (kantharís, “blister-beetle”), of uncertain origin. Possibly related to the toponym Κάνθαροσ (Kántharos), a port of Piraeus, which is a Pre-Greek name. Also compare Akkadian 𒅗𒀭𒁕/𒌨𒌋 (“cup”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.tʰa.ris/, [ˈkän̪t̪ʰärɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.ta.ris/, [ˈkän̪t̪äris]

Noun

cantharis f (genitive cantharidis); third declension

1. The Spanish fly, Lytta vesicatoria, and the poison of it.
2. A worm injurious to the vine and rose.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cantharis	cantharidēs
Genitive	cantharidis	cantharidum
Dative	cantharidī	cantharidibus
Accusative	cantharidem	cantharidēs
Ablative	cantharide	cantharidibus
Vocative	cantharis	cantharidēs

Descendants

• English: cantharis

References

• “cantharis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cantharis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cantharis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN