Apis

See also: APIs and apis

Translingual

Apis mellifera

Etymology

From Latin apis.

Proper noun

Apis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Apidae – honey bees.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Hymenoptera – order; Apocrita – suborder; Apoidea – superfamily; Apidae – family; Apinae - subfamily; Apini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Apis mellifera - type species; Apis andreniformis, Apis cerana, Apis dorsata, Apis florea, Apis koschevnikovi, Apis nigrocincta - other species

Descendants

• Braunsapis
• Effractapis
• Eremapis
• Halterapis
• Martinapis
• Micronychapis
• Mirnapis
• Nasutapis
• Neopasites
• Nogueirapis
• Peponapis
• Trichocerapis

References

• Apis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Apis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Apis (insect) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Atayal

Proper noun

Apis

1. a male given name

Latin

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek Ἄπις (Ápis), named after the deity Apis, from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉ (hape), from Egyptian ḥp.

Proper noun

Apis f sg (genitive Apis); third declension

1. A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Apis
genitive	Apis
dative	Apī
accusative	Apem
ablative	Ape
vocative	Apis
locative	Apī Ape

References

• “Apis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly