Stentor
See also: stentor
Translingual
Stentor polymorphus
Etymology
From Latin Stentōr, from Ancient Greek Στέντωρ (Sténtōr), the name of a herald in the Iliad who had a loud voice.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstɛnˌtɔr/
Proper noun
Stentor f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Stentoridae – certain large chromists whose shape resembles a trumpet.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Harosa - subkingdom; Halvaria - infrakingdom; Alveolata - superphylum; Ciliophora - phylum; Postciliodesmatophora - subphylum; Heterotrichea - class; Heterotrichida - order; Stentoridae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Stentor coeruleus, Stentor mulleri, Stentor polymorphus, Stentor roeseli - selected species
References
Stentor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Stentor on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Stentor on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Stentor at World Register of Marine Species
English
Etymology
From Latin Stentōr, from Ancient Greek Στέντωρ (Sténtōr).
Proper noun
Stentor
- A herald in the Iliad celebrated for his loud voice.
- 1899, Aristotle, The Politics of Aristotle, page 172:
- For who can be the general of such a vast multitude, or who the herald, unless he have the voice of a Stentor?
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- (astronomy) The Jovian asteroid 2146 Stentor.
Derived terms
- stentorian
- stentorious
Anagrams
- snotter
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Στέντωρ (Sténtōr).
Proper noun
Stentōr m (genitive Stentoris); third declension
- Stentor
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Stentōr | Stentorēs |
| Genitive | Stentoris | Stentorum |
| Dative | Stentorī | Stentoribus |
| Accusative | Stentorem | Stentorēs |
| Ablative | Stentore | Stentoribus |
| Vocative | Stentōr | Stentorēs |
Derived terms
- Stentoreus
References
- “Stentor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Stentor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette