anubis
See also: Anubis and Anúbis
Latin
Etymology
From the dog-headed god Anūbis.
Adjective
anūbis (neuter anūbe); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (New Latin) dog-headed
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | anūbis | anūbe | anūbēs | anūbia | |
| Genitive | anūbis | anūbium | |||
| Dative | anūbī | anūbibus | |||
| Accusative | anūbem | anūbe | anūbēs anūbīs | anūbia | |
| Ablative | anūbī | anūbibus | |||
| Vocative | anūbis | anūbe | anūbēs | anūbia | |
Usage notes
- Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not inflected except in the nominative singular; other inflections are theoretical.
Derived terms
- Apanteles anubis
- Arcyophora anubis
- Batracomorphus anubis
- Dynamine anubis
- Eremiaphila anubis
- Euchrysops anubis
- Amblyscirtes anubis (syn. Mastor anubis)
- Megasoma anubis
- Mileewa pallida anubis
- Oesol anubis
- Papio anubis
- Pherbellia anubis
- Stratiomys anubis
References
- anubis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- anubis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- anubis in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray