Atreus
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀτρεύς (Atreús).
Proper noun
Atreus m
- A taxonomic subgenus within the family Buthidae – Tityrus (Atreus), certain scorpions.
Hypernyms
- (subgenus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Chelicerata – subphylum; Arachnida – class; Scorpiones – order; Neoscorpionina – suborder; Buthidae – family; Tityinae – subfamily; Tityrus – genus
Hyponyms
- (subgenus): Tityus (Atreus) androcottoides subgroup; Tityus crassicauda, Tityus forcipula, Tityus magnimanus, Tityus neblina, Tityus nematochirus, Tityus obscurus, Tityus rufofuscus, Tityus tirnendu, Tityus ythieri – species in subgenus
References
- Tityus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Tityus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Tityus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀτρεύς (Atreús).
Proper noun
Atreus
- (Greek mythology) A mythological king of Mycenae and son of Pelops and Hippodamia.
- [1611?], Homer, “Book II”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume I, London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC, page 53:
- His messenger, Argicides, to Pelops, skill'd in horse; / Pelops to Atreus, chief of men; he dying, gave it course
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀτρεύς (Atreús).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.trɛu̯s]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.t̪reu̯s]
Proper noun
Atreus m sg (genitive Atreī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Atreus |
genitive | Atreī |
dative | Atreō |
accusative | Atreum |
ablative | Atreō |
vocative | Atree |