Oenomaus

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Oenomaus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae – certain neotropical butterflies.

• (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; Theclinae – subfamily; Eumaeini – tribe

• (genus): Oenomaus ortygnus (aquamarine hairstreak) – type species

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Oenomaus

1. (Greek mythology) A king of Pisa, son of Ares and father of Hippodamia.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Οἰνόμαος (Oinómaos).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [oe̯ˈnɔ.ma.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eˈnɔː.ma.us]

Oenomaus m sg (genitive Oenomaī); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) a king of Pisa, son of Ares and father of Hippodamia
2. A Greek philosopher born in Gadara

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• “Oenomaus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Oenomaus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Oenomaus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.