Ascalaphus

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἀσκάλαφος (askálaphos, “owl”). === Proper noun === Ascalaphus m A taxonomic genus within the family Ascalaphidae – split-eyed owlflies. === Further reading === Ascalaphinae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Ascalaphus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Ascalaphus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == English == === Etymology === From Latin Ascalaphus, from Ancient Greek Ἀσκάλαφος (Askálaphos, literally “Screech-owl”). === Proper noun === Ascalaphus (Greek mythology) The orchardist of Hades, changed into a screech-owl by Demeter for telling Hades that Persephone had eaten pomegranate seeds ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀσκάλαφος (Askálaphos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [asˈka.ɫa.pʰʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [asˈkaː.la.fus] === Proper noun === Ascalaphus m sg (genitive Ascalaphī); second declension (Greek mythology) The custodian of the orchard of Hades, son of Acheron and Orphne (Greek mythology) A king of Orchomenus, son of Ares and Astyoche ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Ascalaphus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray “Ascalaphus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.