Semiramis
See also: Semiramìs
Translingual
![](Images/wiktionary/Grosser_Wollschweber_Bombylius_major.jpg.webp)
Etymology
Ancient Greek Σεμῑ́ραμις (Semī́ramis)
Proper noun
Semiramis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Bombyliidae – certain bee flies.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Brachycera - suborder; Asilomorpha - infraorder; Asiloidea - superfamily; Bombyliidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Semiramis punctipennis - species
References
Bombyliidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Bombyliidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Bombyliidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Semiramis at the Catalogue of Life
- Semiramis at Encyclopedia of Life
English
Etymology
From Latin Semīramis, from Ancient Greek Σεμῑ́ραμις (Semī́ramis), ultimately Akkadian in origin.
Proper noun
Semiramis
- A legendary queen of Assyria.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), OCLC 630079698, page 12:
- The hair fell in curls over the face, and was gathered up behind in a knot, from which hung some rich ringlets. These, however, did not conceal the haughty turn of the head, erect like that of a young Semiramis.
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Translations
legendary queen of Assyria
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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Σεμῑ́ραμις (Semī́ramis).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /seˈmiː.ra.mis/, [s̠ɛˈmiːrämɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /seˈmi.ra.mis/, [seˈmiːrämis]
Proper noun
Semīramis f sg (genitive Semīramidis); third declension
- Semiramis
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Semīramis |
Genitive | Semīramidis |
Dative | Semīramidī |
Accusative | Semīramidem Semīramin |
Ablative | Semīramide Semīramī |
Vocative | Semīramis |
Descendants
- English: Semiramis
- Italian: Semiramide
References
- “Semiramis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press