Portunus

Portunus

Translingual

Portunus trituberculatus

Etymology

After Latin Portunus (Portunes, Portumnes), the Roman god of harbors and ports.

Proper noun

Portunus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Portunidae – certain swimming crabs.

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; Brachyura - infraorder; Eubrachyura - section; Heterotremata - subsection; Portunoidea - superfamily; Portunidae - family; Portuninae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Portunus pelagicus (flower crab) - type species; Portunus anceps, Portunus sanguinolentus (three-spot swimming crab, blood-spotted swimming crab, red-spotted swimming crab), Portunus sayi (sargassum swimming crab), Portunus segnis (African blue swimming crab), Portunus trituberculatus (gazami crab), Portunus ventralis - selected other species; for other species see Portunus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Portunus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Portunus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Portunus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Portunus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Portunus at Encyclopedia of Life
• Portunus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Portunus at World Register of Marine Species

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Portumnus

Etymology

Ultimately from portus (“harbor”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /porˈtuː.nus/, [pɔrˈt̪uːnʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /porˈtu.nus/, [porˈt̪uːnus]

Proper noun

Portūnus m sg (genitive Portūnī); second declension

1. a minor Roman god, protector of harbors, also called Palaemon

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Portūnus
Genitive	Portūnī
Dative	Portūnō
Accusative	Portūnum
Ablative	Portūnō
Vocative	Portūne

Derived terms

• Portūnālis
• Portūnālia

References

• “Portunus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Portunus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette