pagurus

See also: Pagurus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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.
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