Atta
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Atta cephalotes
See also: Appendix:Variations of "atta"
Translingual
Etymology
Latin Atta (“a surname for persons who walk upon the tips of their shoes”), probably from Ancient Greek ᾁττω (hāittō), ᾁσσω (hāissō, “to spring”)
Proper noun
Atta f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Formicidae – leaf-cutter ants.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Hymenoptera – order; Apocrita – suborder; Formicoidea – superfamily; Formicidae – family; Myrmicinae - subfamily; Attini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Atta cephalotes - type species; for other species see
Atta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- Atta (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Atta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Atta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Atta at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Atta at the Catalogue of Life
Latin
Etymology
From atta (“a person who walks upon the tips of their shoes”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈat.ta/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈat.ta/,
Proper noun
Atta m sg (genitive Attae); first declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Titus Quinctius Atta, a Roman writer
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Atta |
| genitive | Attae |
| dative | Attae |
| accusative | Attam |
| ablative | Attā |
| vocative | Atta |
References
- “Atta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Atta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.