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