Astacus

== Translingual == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Proper noun === Astacus m A taxonomic genus within the family Astacidae – various crayfish. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea – subphylum; Malacostraca – class; Eumalacostraca – subclass; Eucarida – superorder; Decapoda – order; Pleocyemata - suborder; Astacidea - infraorder; Astacoidea - superfamily; Astacidae - family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Astacus astacus (European crayfish) - type species ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Astacus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Astacus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Astacus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈas.ta.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈas.ta.kus] === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄστακος (Ástakos), Ἀστακός (Astakós). ==== Alternative forms ==== Astacos ==== Proper noun ==== Astacus f sg (genitive Astacī); second declension a city on the west coast of Acarnania ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only. === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄστακος (Ástakos). ==== Proper noun ==== Astacus m sg (genitive Astacī); second declension The father of Menalippus ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Astăcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Astăcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Astacus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Astacus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly