pagurus
See also: Pagurus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πάγουρος (págouros, “a kind of crab”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /paˈɡuː.rus/, [päˈɡuːrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /paˈɡu.rus/, [päˈɡuːrus]
Noun
pagūrus m (genitive pagūrī); second declension
- 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.
- cancrorum genera carabi astaci maeae paguri heracleotici leones et alia ignobiliora
- c. 77-79 AD, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 9.53
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 |
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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