Miletus

See also: mīlētus

Translingual

Miletus symethus

Etymology

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Proper noun

Miletus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae – various butterflies, sometimes called brownies.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata – suborder; Heteroneura – infraorder; Papilionoidea – superfamily; Lycaenidae – family; Miletinae - subfamily; Miletini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Miletus symethus - type species

References

• Miletus (butterfly) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Miletus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Miletus (Lycaenidae)) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Alternative forms

• Miletos

Etymology

From Latin Mīlētus, from Ancient Greek Μίλητος (Mílētos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɪˈliːtəs/

Proper noun

Miletus

1. ancient Greek city on the west coast of Caria, Anatolia

Derived terms

• Milesian

Translations

ancient Greek city

• Armenian: Միլեթ (Miletʻ), Միլեթոս (hy) (Miletʻos)
• Czech: Milét m
• Danish: Milet
• French: Milet (fr)
• Georgian: მილეტი (mileṭi)
• German: Milet n
• Greek:

  Ancient: Μίλητος f (Mílētos)

• Hungarian: Milétosz
• Italian: Mileto f
• Latin: Miletus f, Miletos
• Polish: Milet (pl) m
• Portuguese: Mileto f
• Russian: Миле́т (ru) m (Milét)
• Spanish: Mileto f
• Turkish: Milet

Anagrams

• multies

Latin

Alternative forms

• Mīlētos

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μίλητος (Mílētos).

Proper noun

Mīlētus f sg (genitive Mīlētī); second declension

1. Miletus

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Mīlētus
genitive	Mīlētī
dative	Mīlētō
accusative	Mīlētum
ablative	Mīlētō
vocative	Mīlēte
locative	Mīlētī

Related terms

• Mīlēsia
• Mīlēsiī
• Mīlēsius
• Mīlētis

References

• “Miletus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Miletus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.