Procyon

Procyon

Translingual

Procyon lotor

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before, in place of”) + κύων (kúōn, “dog”)

Proper noun

Procyon m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Procyonidae – the raccoons.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Carnivora - order; Caniformia - suborder; Procyonidae - family; Procyoninae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Procyon lotor (common raccoon) - type species; Procyon cancrivorus (crab-eating raccoon), Procyon pygmaeus (Cozumel raccoon or pygmy raccoon) - other extant species

References

• Procyon (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Procyon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Procyon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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English

Procyon in constellation Canis Minor

Etymology

From Latin Procyōn, from Ancient Greek Προκύων (Prokúōn), from πρό (pró, “before”) +‎ κύων (kúōn, “dog”), in reference to it preceding the "Dog Star" Sirius.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊsiˌɒn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹoʊsiˌɑn/

Proper noun

Procyon

1. (astronomy) A star in the constellation Canis Minor; Alpha (α) Canis Minoris. The eighth brightest star in the night sky.

Translations

Star

Chinese: Cantonese: 南河三 (naam4 ho4 saam1) Mandarin: 南河三 (Nánhésān) French: Procyon (fr) German: Prokyon Greek: Ancient: Προκύων m (Prokúōn) Italian: Procione Maori: Puangahori Russian: Процион (ru) (Procion) Spanish: Procyon

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Προκύων (Prokúōn), from πρό (pró, “before”) + κύων (kúōn, “dog”), in reference to it preceding the "Dog Star" Sirius.

Proper noun

Procyōn m sg (genitive Procyōnis); third declension

1. (astronomy) Canis Minor

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Procyōn
Genitive	Procyōnis
Dative	Procyōnī
Accusative	Procyōnem
Ablative	Procyōne
Vocative	Procyōn

References

• “Procyon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Procyon”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Procyon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette