Corybas

== Translingual == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Corybās, from Ancient Greek Κορῠ́βᾱς (Korŭ́bās). === Proper noun === Corybas m A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – helmet orchids, of southeastern Asia, Autralasia, and Pacific islands. Synonym of Amphilectus (“sponge genus”) ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus of orchids): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots – clades; Asparagales – order; Orchidaceae – family; Orchidoideae – subfamily; Diurideae – tribe; Acianthinae – subtribe ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus of orchids): Corybas aconitiflorus – type species ==== Descendants ==== → English: helmet orchid (calque) (by confusion with κόρῠς (kórŭs, “helmet”)) === References === Corybas (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Corybas on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Corybas on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Corybās, from Ancient Greek Κορύβᾱς (Korúbās). === Proper noun === Corybas (Greek mythology) The son of Iasion and the goddess Cybele, who gave his name to the Korybants. ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κορύβᾱς (Korúbās). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɔ.ry.baːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔː.ri.bas] === Proper noun === Corybās m sg (genitive Corybantis); third declension (Greek mythology) Corybas (the son of Iasion and the goddess Cybele, who gave his name to the Korybants) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: Coribant → English: Corybas French: Corybante Italian: Coribante Portuguese: Coribante Spanish: Coribante === Noun === Corybās m sg (genitive Corybantis); third declension Korybant (any of a group of crested male dancers who worshipped the Phrygian goddess Cybele with drumming and dancing) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: coribant → English: Corybant French: corybante Italian: coribante Portuguese: coribante Spanish: coribante === Further reading === “Cŏrўbās, antis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.