Salamis

From Ancient Greek Σαλαμίς (Salamís, “a nymph in Greek mythology”).

Salamis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – the mother-of-pearls.

• (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; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Papilionoidea - superfamily; Papilioniformes - series; Nymphalidae - family; Nymphalinae - subfamily; Junoniini - tribe

• Salamis (butterfly) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Junonini on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Salamis (Nymphalidae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

From Ancient Greek Σαλαμίς (Salamís).

Salamis

1. An island in the Saronic Gulf off Athens where a famous battle in the Persian Wars took place.
2. An ancient city in Cyprus.
3. (Greek mythology) A nymph, the daughter of Asopus and Metope, who was carried away by Poseidon to the island that bears her name.

Salamis f

1. plural of Salami

From Ancient Greek Σαλαμίς (Salamís).

Salamis f (genitive Salamīnis); third declension

1. Salamis (island in the Saronic Gulf)
2. Salamis (city in Cyprus)

Third declension, with locative.

• Salamis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Salamis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette