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glaucus
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??????? (glaukós, “blue-green, blue-grey”).
Noun
glaucus (plural glaucuses)
- Any member of the genus Glaucus of nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea, strikingly colored with blue and silvery white.
- Citrus glauca, the desert lime, a thorny shrub species endemic to semi-arid regions of Australia.
Synonyms
- (nudibranchiate mollusk): sea swallow, blue angel, blue glaucus, blue dragon, blue sea slug, blue ocean slug
References
- Glaucus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Glaucus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Glaucus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Citrus glauca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Citrus glauca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Citrus glauca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /??lau?.kus/, [????äu?k?s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /??lau?.kus/, [??l??u?kus]
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek ??????? (glaukós, “blue-green, blue-grey”).
Adjective
glaucus (feminine glauca, neuter glaucum); first/second-declension adjective
- bright, sparkling, gleaming
- gray-green, grayish
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
- subglaucus
Related terms
- glauc?um
- glauc?ma
- glauc?pis
Descendants
- English: glaucous
- French: glauque
- Italian: glauco
- Portuguese: glauco
- Romanian: glauc
- Spanish: glauco
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek ??????? (glaûkos, “an edible grey fish”).
Noun
glaucus m (genitive glauc?); second declension
- (Mediaeval Latin) a bluish-grey colored fish of uncertain identity, perhaps the derbio
Declension
Second-declension noun.
References
- glaucus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- glaucus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- glaucus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- glaucus in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?[2]
- glaucus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- glaucus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- glaucus in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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