Ophiusa

== Translingual == === Proper noun === Ophiusa f A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain moths. == Latin == === Alternative forms === Ophiussa === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀφιούσσα (Ophioússa). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔ.pʰiˈuː.sa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [o.fiˈuː.s̬a] === Proper noun === Ophiūsa f sg (genitive Ophiūsae); first declension The name of several islands ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. ==== Related terms ==== Ophiūsius === References === “Ŏphĭūsa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Ophiusa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly “Ophiusa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.