Clytus

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κλῠτός (klŭtós, “renowned, glorious”). Further from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”).

Coined by Austrian entomologist Johann Nepomuk von Laicharting in 1784.

Proper noun

Clytus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae – certain longhorn beetles, including the wasp beetle (Clytus arietis).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Ukrainian: кліт (klit)

See also

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