cantharis
See also: Cantharis
English
Etymology
From Latin cantharis, from Ancient Greek κανθαρίς (kantharís).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kænˈθæɹɪs/
Noun
cantharis (plural cantharides)
- singular of cantharides
Anagrams
- Thracians, anarchist, antiarchs, anticrash
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κανθαρίς (kantharís, “blister-beetle”), of uncertain origin. Possibly related to the toponym Κάνθαροσ (Kántharos), a port of Piraeus, which is a Pre-Greek name. Also compare Akkadian 𒅗𒀭𒁕/𒌨𒌋 (“cup”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.tʰa.ris/, [ˈkan.tʰa.rɪs]
Noun
cantharis f (genitive cantharidis); third declension
- The Spanish fly, Lytta vesicatoria, and the poison of it.
- A worm injurious to the vine and rose.
Declension
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cantharis | cantharidēs |
| Genitive | cantharidis | cantharidum |
| Dative | cantharidī | cantharidibus |
| Accusative | cantharidem | cantharidēs |
| Ablative | cantharide | cantharidibus |
| Vocative | cantharis | cantharidēs |
Descendants
- English: cantharis
References
- cantharis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cantharis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cantharis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN