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glaucus

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (glaukós, blue-green, blue-grey).

Noun

glaucus (plural glaucuses)

  1. 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.
  2. 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

  1. bright, sparkling, gleaming
  2. 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

  1. (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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