pagurus

See also: Pagurus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πάγουρος (págouros, “a kind of crab”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /paˈɡuː.rus/, [päˈɡuːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈɡu.rus/, [päˈɡuːrus]

Noun

pagūrus m (genitive pagūrī); second declension

1. A kind of crab.
   • c. 77-79 AD, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 9.53

     cancrorum genera carabi astaci maeae paguri heracleotici leones et alia ignobiliora

     There are various kinds of crabs, known as carabi, astaci, maeae, paguri, heracleotici, lions, and others of less note.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pagūrus	pagūrī
Genitive	pagūrī	pagūrōrum
Dative	pagūrō	pagūrīs
Accusative	pagūrum	pagūrōs
Ablative	pagūrō	pagūrīs
Vocative	pagūre	pagūrī

Descendants

• English: pagurian
• French: pagure
• Italian: paguro
• Spanish: paguro

References

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