scolopendra
See also: Scolopendra
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin scolopendra, from Ancient Greek σκολόπενδρα (skolópendra).
Noun edit
scolopendra (plural scolopendras)
- (obsolete) A mythical sea-creature, reputed to be able to disgorge its bowels to dislodge any fishing-hook.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- Spring-headed Hydraes, and sea-shouldring Whales, / Great whirlpooles, which all fishes make to flee, / Bright Scolopendraes, arm'd with siluer scales, / Mighty Monoceroses, with immeasured tayles.
- A centipede of the genus Scolopendra.
- 1845 November, The Eclectic Magazine, volume 6, page 352:
- This led the conversation to the insects of the Crimea and Ukraine, of which I had made a considerable collection, and the Emperor inquired of me if there were scorpions, scolopendras and tarantulas in the Crimea.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin scolopendra, from Ancient Greek σκολόπενδρα (skolópendra).
Noun edit
scolopendra f (plural scolopendre)
- scolopendra, a kind of centipede
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek σκολόπενδρα (skolópendra).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sko.loˈpen.dra/, [s̠kɔɫ̪ɔˈpɛn̪d̪rä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sko.loˈpen.dra/, [skoloˈpɛn̪d̪rä]
Noun edit
scolopendra f (genitive scolopendrae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | scolopendra | scolopendrae |
Genitive | scolopendrae | scolopendrārum |
Dative | scolopendrae | scolopendrīs |
Accusative | scolopendram | scolopendrās |
Ablative | scolopendrā | scolopendrīs |
Vocative | scolopendra | scolopendrae |
Descendants edit
- French: scolopendre
- Italian: scolopendra
- Romanian: scolopendră
- Spanish: escolopendra
- Translingual: Scolopendra
References edit
- “scolopendra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- scolopendra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette