Miletus
See also: mīlētus
Translingual
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Mīlētus, from Ancient Greek Μῑ́λητος (Mī́lētos).
Proper noun
Miletus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae – various butterflies, sometimes called brownies.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata – suborder; Heteroneura – infraorder; Papilionoidea – superfamily; Lycaenidae – family; Miletinae - subfamily; Miletini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Miletus symethus - type species
References
- Miletus (butterfly) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Miletus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Miletus (Lycaenidae)) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin Mīlētus, from Ancient Greek Μίλητος (Mílētos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maɪˈliːtəs/
Proper noun
Miletus
- ancient Greek city on the west coast of Caria, Anatolia
Derived terms
Translations
ancient Greek city
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Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Μίλητος (Mílētos).
Proper noun
Mīlētus f sg (genitive Mīlētī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Mīlētus |
| genitive | Mīlētī |
| dative | Mīlētō |
| accusative | Mīlētum |
| ablative | Mīlētō |
| vocative | Mīlēte |
| locative | Mīlētī |
Related terms
- Mīlēsia
- Mīlēsiī
- Mīlēsius
- Mīlētis
References
- “Miletus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Miletus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.