pagurus
See also: Pagurus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πάγουρος (págouros, “a kind of crab”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /paˈɡuː.rus/
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
Inflection
Second declension.
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