Phorbas

== Translingual == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Proper noun === Phorbas m A taxonomic genus within the family Hymedesmiidae – certain sponges. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Porifera – phylum; Demospongiae – class; Heteroscleromorpha - subclass; Poecilosclerida - order; Hymedesmiidae - family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Phorbas amaranthus - type species === References === Phorbas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Phorbas on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Phorbas on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == English == === Etymology === Ancient Greek Φόρβας (Phórbas) === Proper noun === Phorbas (Greek mythology) Any of numerous mythological characters. See Wikipedia article. == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φόρβας (Phórbas). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpʰɔr.bas] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɔr.bas] === Proper noun === Phorbas m sg (genitive Phorbantis); third declension the name of several mythic personages ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Phorbas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press