scolopendra
See also: Scolopendra
English
Etymology
From Latin scolopendra, from Ancient Greek σκολόπενδρα (skolópendra).
Noun
scolopendra (plural scolopendras)
- (obsolete) A mythical sea-creature, reputed to be able to disgorge its bowels to dislodge any fishing-hook.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: Printed [by John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book II, canto XII:
- 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.
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- A centipede of the genus Scolopendra.
- 1845 November 1, 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.
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Italian
Etymology
From Latin scolopendra, from Ancient Greek σκολόπενδρα (skolópendra).
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σκολόπενδρα (skolópendra).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sko.loˈpen.dra/, [skɔ.ɫɔˈpɛn.dra]
Noun
scolopendra f (genitive scolopendrae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | scolopendra | scolopendrae |
Genitive | scolopendrae | scolopendrārum |
Dative | scolopendrae | scolopendrīs |
Accusative | scolopendram | scolopendrās |
Ablative | scolopendrā | scolopendrīs |
Vocative | scolopendra | scolopendrae |
Descendants
- Italian: scolopendra
- Romanian: scolopendră
- Spanish: escolopendra
- Translingual: Scolopendra
References
- 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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