pagurus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek πάγουρος (págouros, “a kind of crab”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [paˈɡuː.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [paˈɡuː.rus] === Noun === pagūrus m (genitive pagūrī); second declension A kind of crab. c. 77-79 AD, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 9.53 cancrorum genera carabi astaci maeae paguri heracleotici leones et alia ignobiliora There are various kinds of crabs, known as carabi, astaci, maeae, paguri, heracleotici, lions, and others of less note. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== English: pagurian French: pagure Italian: paguro Spanish: paguro → Translingual: Pagurus === References === “pagurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “pagurus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.