Apis
Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Apis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Apidae – honey bees.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Hymenoptera – order; Apocrita – suborder; Apoidea – superfamily; Apidae – family; Apinae - subfamily; Apini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Apis mellifera - type species; Apis andreniformis, Apis cerana, Apis dorsata, Apis florea, Apis koschevnikovi, Apis nigrocincta - other species
Descendants
- Braunsapis
- Effractapis
- Eremapis
- Halterapis
- Martinapis
- Micronychapis
- Mirnapis
- Nasutapis
- Neopasites
- Nogueirapis
- Peponapis
- Trichocerapis
References
- Apis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Apis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Apis (insect) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Atayal
Proper noun
Apis
- a male given name
Latin
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek Ἄπις (Ápis), named after the deity Apis, from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉ (hape), from Egyptian ḥp.
Proper noun
Apis f sg (genitive Apis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.
singular | |
---|---|
nominative | Apis |
genitive | Apis |
dative | Apī |
accusative | Apem |
ablative | Ape |
vocative | Apis |
locative | Apī Ape |
References
- “Apis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly