Atthis

== Translingual == === Etymology === New Latin, after Atthis (“a mythological Greek woman, after whom Actaea was renamed Attica”), from Ancient Greek Ἀτθίς (Atthís). === Proper noun === Atthis f A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae – certain hummingbirds. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Apodiformes – order; Trochilidae – family; Trochilinae – subfamily === References === Atthis (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Atthis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Gill, F.; Wright, M. (2006), Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἀτθῐ́ς (Atthĭ́s, “Attic”, as a noun “the Attic dialect, the history of Athens, Athens itself”, feminine adjective). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈat.tʰɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈat.tis] === Proper noun === Atthis f sg (genitive Atthidos); third declension (Late Latin) Attic Greek (prestige dialect of Ancient Greek) Coordinate terms: Aeolis f, coenē f, Dōris f, Ias f ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), singular only. 1In poetry. === Further reading === “Atthis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Atthis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 183.