Lucanus
Translingual
Etymology
Coined by Tyrolean physician and naturalist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1763. Borrowed from Latin lucanus (“stag beetle”).
Proper noun
Lucanus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Lucanidae – stag beetles.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Coleoptera – order; Polyphaga – suborder; Scarabaeiformia – infraorder; Scarabaeoidea – superfamily; Lucanidae – family; Lucaninae - subfamily; Lucanini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Lucanus cervus - type species
References
- Lucanus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Lucanus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Lucanus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Latin
Etymology
Lūca (“a city in Etruria”) + -ānus
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫuːˈkaː.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [luˈkaː.nus]
Proper noun
Lūcānus m (genitive Lūcānī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | Lūcānus | Lūcānī |
genitive | Lūcānī | Lūcānōrum |
dative | Lūcānō | Lūcānīs |
accusative | Lūcānum | Lūcānōs |
ablative | Lūcānō | Lūcānīs |
vocative | Lūcāne | Lūcānī |
Descendants
References
- “Lucanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers