nautilus
See also: Nautilus
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin nautilus, from Ancient Greek ναυτίλος (nautílos, “paper nautilus, sailor”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnɔː.tɪ.ləs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnɔ.tɪ.ləs/, /ˈnɑ.tɪ.ləs/
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Noun edit
nautilus (plural nautiluses or nautili)
- A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers, of which Nautilus is the type genus.
- 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 44:
- He was still prepared to go on collecting all that life could offer, like a chambered nautilus patiently adding new cells to its slowly expanding spiral.
- A kind of diving bell that sinks or rises by means of compressed air.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
marine mollusc of the family Nautilidae
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References edit
- Nautilidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ναυτίλος (nautílos, “nautilus, sailor”); see naval.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnau̯.ti.lus/, [ˈnäu̯t̪ɪɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnau̯.ti.lus/, [ˈnäːu̯t̪ilus]
Noun edit
nautilus m (genitive nautilī); second declension
- paper nautilus, argonaut (genus Argonauta)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | nautilus | nautilī |
Genitive | nautilī | nautilōrum |
Dative | nautilō | nautilīs |
Accusative | nautilum | nautilōs |
Ablative | nautilō | nautilīs |
Vocative | nautile | nautilī |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Catalan: nàutil
- English: nautilus
- French: nautile
- Italian: nautilo
- Portuguese: náutilo
- Romanian: nautil
- Spanish: nautilo
- Translingual: Nautilus
References edit
- “nautilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nautilus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian edit
Noun edit
nautilus m (plural nautiluși)
- Alternative form of nautil
Declension edit
Declension of nautilus
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) nautilus | nautilusul | (niște) nautiluși | nautilușii |
genitive/dative | (unui) nautilus | nautilusului | (unor) nautiluși | nautilușilor |
vocative | nautilusule | nautilușilor |