antlia
See also: Antlia
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin antlia (“pump”), from Ancient Greek ἀντλία (antlía).
Noun
antlia (plural antliae)
- (zoology) The spiral tubular proboscis of lepidopterous insects.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for antlia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- Latian, Latina, Natali, Talian, latina, talian
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀντλία (antlía, “bilge-water, filth”), from ἀντλέω (antléō, “to bale out bilge-water, to bale the ship, to draw water”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈant.li.a/
Noun
antlia f (genitive antliae); first declension
- a foot-operated pump for drawing water
- (zoology) the body part of an insect used to suck up plant juices
Declension
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | antlia | antliae |
| Genitive | antliae | antliārum |
| Dative | antliae | antliīs |
| Accusative | antliam | antliās |
| Ablative | antliā | antliīs |
| Vocative | antlia | antliae |
References
- antlia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- antlia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- antlia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- antlia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin