Artotrogus

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin Artotrōgus (“name of a parasite in Plautus' play Miles Gloriosus”).

Proper noun

Artotrogus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Artotrogidae – marine crustaceans that parasitize fish.

Further reading

• Siphonostomatoida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Artotrogidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Artotrogidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Artotrogus at World Register of Marine Species
• Artotrogus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

Latin

Etymology

Literally "bread-gnawer", Ancient Greek ἄρτος (ártos, “bread”) + τρώγω (trṓgō, “I gnaw, I eat”).

Proper noun

Artotrōgus m sg (genitive Artotrōgī); second declension

1. the name of a parasite ("person who eats at the table of another") in Plautus' play Miles Gloriosus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Artotrōgus
genitive	Artotrōgī
dative	Artotrōgō
accusative	Artotrōgum
ablative	Artotrōgō
vocative	Artotrōge