Clotho

Translingual

Oecobius cellariorum (syn. Clotho cellariorum)

Etymology

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Proper noun

Clotho f

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Oecobiidae – arachnids, wall spiders, with its species now in other genera in Oecobiidae.
2. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Viperidae – vipers, with its species now in other genera in Viperidae.
3. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae – certain hummingbirds.

References

• Wall spider on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Oecobiidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Oecobiidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Clotho”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

English

Etymology

From Latin Clōthō, from Ancient Greek Κλωθώ (Klōthṓ), from κλώθω (klṓthō, literally “to spin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkloʊθoʊ/

Proper noun

Clotho

1. (Greek mythology) The youngest of the three Fates, a daughter of Zeus and Themis; the spinner of the thread of life. Her Roman equivalent is Nona.
2. (astronomy) 97 Klotho, a main belt asteroid.

Translations

One of the Fates

• Danish: Klotho
• Finnish: Klotho
• German: Klotho f
• Greek: Κλωθώ (el) f (Klothó)

  Ancient: Κλωθώ f (Klōthṓ)

• Greenlandic: Klotho
• Inuktitut: ᒃᓘᑐ (klooto)
• Latin: Clōthō f
• Marathi: क्लॉथो f (klŏtho)
• Portuguese: Cloto (pt) f
• Spanish: Cloto f
• Swedish: Klotho (sv) c

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