Miletus

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Miletus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae – various butterflies, sometimes called brownies.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Papilionoidea  - superfamily; Lycaenidae - family; Miletinae - subfamily; Miletini - tribe

• (genus): Miletus symethus - type species

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• Miletos

From Latin Mīlētus, from Ancient Greek Μίλητος (Mílētos).

• IPA^(key): /maɪˈliːtəs/

Miletus

1. ancient Greek city on the west coast of Caria, Anatolia

• Milesian

• multies

• Mīlētos

From Ancient Greek Μίλητος (Mílētos).

Mīlētus f sg (genitive Mīlētī); second declension

1. Miletus

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Mīlēsia
• Mīlēsiī
• Mīlēsius
• Mīlētis

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