Palinurus
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek παλίν (palín, “back, backwards”) + οὐρά (ourá), οὐρή (ourḗ, “tail”).
Proper noun
Palinurus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Palinuridae – spiny lobsters.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Malacostraca - class; Eumalacostraca - subclass; Eucarida - superorder; Decapoda - order; Pleocyemata - suborder; Achelata - infraorder; Palinuridae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Palinurus elephas - type species
Derived terms
- Palinuroidea
- Palinura
References
Palinurus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Palinurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Palinurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Παλίνουρος (Palínouros).
Proper noun
Palinūrus m sg (genitive Palinūrī); second declension
- a male given name, character in the play Curculio of Plautus
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Palinūrus |
| Genitive | Palinūrī |
| Dative | Palinūrō |
| Accusative | Palinūrum |
| Ablative | Palinūrō |
| Vocative | Palinūre |
References
- “Palinurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Palinurus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette