Ophiusa

Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Ophiusa f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain moths.

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀφιούσσα (Ophioússa).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ophiūsa f sg (genitive Ophiūsae); first declension

  1. The name of several islands

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Ophiūsa
Genitive Ophiūsae
Dative Ophiūsae
Accusative Ophiūsam
Ablative Ophiūsā
Vocative Ophiūsa
  • Ophiūsius

References
  • “Ŏphĭūsa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Ophiusa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Ophiusa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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