Clytemnestra

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Translingual

Clytemnestra scutellata (copepod)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κλυταιμνήστρα (Klutaimnḗstra, “Clytemnestra”).

Proper noun

Clytemnestra f

A genus of copepods, crustaceans, variously placed:
1. A taxonomic genus within the family Peltidiidae.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Clytemnestridae.
(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae – certain longhorn beetles.

Hypernyms

(genus in Cerambycidae): 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; Cucujiformia – infraorder; Chrysomeloidea – superfamily; Cerambycidae – family

References

Clytemnestridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Peltidiidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Clytemnestra (Copepoda) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Clytemnestra

Alternative forms

Clytaemnestra

Etymology

From Latin Clytaemnēstra, Ancient Greek Κλυταιμνήστρα (Klutaimnḗstra).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌklaɪtɪmˈnɛstɹə/, /ˌklaɪtəmˈnɛstɹə/

Proper noun

Clytemnestra

(Greek mythology) wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed after the Trojan War, whereupon was killed herself by their son Orestes

Translations

Agamemnon's wife

French: Clytemnestre (fr) f
Greek: Κλυταιμνήστρα (el) f (Klytaimnístra)
Ancient Greek: Κλυταιμνήστρα f (Klutaimnḗstra)
Italian: Clitennestra f
Polish: Klitajmestra f
Portuguese: Clitemnestra f
Russian: Клитемне́стра f (Klitemnéstra)
Spanish: Clitemnestra (es) f

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kly.temˈneːs.tra/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kli.temˈnes.tra/,

Proper noun

Clytemnēstra f sg (genitive Clytemnēstrae); first declension

(Greek mythology) Alternative form of Clytaemnēstra

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Clytemnēstra
genitive	Clytemnēstrae
dative	Clytemnēstrae
accusative	Clytemnēstram
ablative	Clytemnēstrā
vocative	Clytemnēstra

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