scolopendra
See also: Scolopendra
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin scolopendra, from Ancient Greek σκολόπενδρα (skolópendra).
Noun
[edit]scolopendra (plural scolopendras)
- (obsolete) A mythical sea-creature, reputed to be able to disgorge its bowels to dislodge any fishing-hook.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- Spring-headed Hydraes, and sea-shouldring Whales, / Great whirlpooles, which all fishes make to flee, / Bright Scolopendraes, arm'd with siluer scales, / Mighty Monoceroses, with immeasured tayles.
- A centipede of the genus Scolopendra.
- 1845 November, The Eclectic Magazine, volume 6, page 352:
- This led the conversation to the insects of the Crimea and Ukraine, of which I had made a considerable collection, and the Emperor inquired of me if there were scorpions, scolopendras and tarantulas in the Crimea.
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin scolopendra, from Ancient Greek σκολόπενδρα (skolópendra).
Noun
[edit]scolopendra f (plural scolopendre)
- scolopendra, a kind of centipede
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek σκολόπενδρα (skolópendra).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /sko.loˈpen.dra/, [s̠kɔɫ̪ɔˈpɛn̪d̪rä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sko.loˈpen.dra/, [skoloˈpɛn̪d̪rä]
Noun
[edit]scolopendra f (genitive scolopendrae); first declension
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | scolopendra | scolopendrae |
| genitive | scolopendrae | scolopendrārum |
| dative | scolopendrae | scolopendrīs |
| accusative | scolopendram | scolopendrās |
| ablative | scolopendrā | scolopendrīs |
| vocative | scolopendra | scolopendrae |
Descendants
[edit]- French: scolopendre
- Italian: scolopendra
- Romanian: scolopendră
- Spanish: escolopendra
- Translingual: Scolopendra
References
[edit]- “scolopendra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- scolopendra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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