Glaucus

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin glaucus. === Proper noun === Glaucus m A taxonomic genus within the family Glaucidae – nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea, beautifully colored with blue and silvery white. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda – class; Heterobranchia – subclass; Nudibranchia – order; Eolidoidea – suborder; Aeolidioidea – superfamily; Glaucidae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Glaucus atlanticus - type species; for other species see Glaucus at World Register of Marine Species === References === Glaucus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Glaucus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Glaucus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Glaucus at AnimalBase Glaucus at World Register of Marine Species Glaucus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Glaucus at National Center for Biotechnology Information == English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Γλαῦκος (Glaûkos, from γλαυκός (glaukós, literally “greyish-blue, bluish-green, glimmering”)). === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Glaucus (Greek mythology) A Greek prophetic sea-god, born mortal and turned immortal upon eating a magical herb. It was believed that he commonly came to the rescue of sailors and fishermen in storms, having once been one himself. (Greek mythology) A mythical Lycian soldier and captain in the Trojan War. (Greek mythology) Son of Sisyphus, and a mythical Corinthian king. (Greek mythology) Son of king Minos. (Greek mythology) one of the sons of Priam. (Greek mythology) A son of Aepytus. (Greek mythology) One of the twelve younger Panes. ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Γλαῦκος (Glaûkos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡɫau̯.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡlaːu̯.kus] === Proper noun === Glaucus m sg (genitive Glaucī); second declension (Greek mythology) The name of several figures of the Greek mythology The name of several rivers of Asia Minor ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Glaucus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Glaucus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Glaucus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray “Glaucus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly “Glaucus”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎[1] “Glaucus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers