Baetis

Translingual

Baetis tricaudatus, male subimago

Etymology

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Proper noun

Baetis m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Baetidae – certain mayflies.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

References

Latin

Guadalquivir River

Alternative forms

  • Betis

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βαῖτις (Baîtis).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Baetis m sg (genitive Baetis); third declension

  1. The river Guadalquivir, in Spain

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im or -in, ablative singular in -e or ), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Baetis
Genitive Baetis
Dative Baetī
Accusative Baetim
Baetin
Ablative Baete
Baetī
Vocative Baetis

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Portuguese: Bétis (learned)

References

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