astacus

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀστακός (astakós, “smooth lobster”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈas.ta.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈas.ta.kus] === Noun === astacus m (genitive astacī); second declension A kind of crab ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Italian: astice Translingual: Astacus === References === “astacus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “astacus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “astacus”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎[1] “astacus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “astacus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray “astacus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly