Clytemnestra
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Clytemnestra scutellata (copepod)
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Κλυταιμνήστρα (Klutaimnḗstra, “Clytemnestra”).
Proper noun
Clytemnestra f
- A genus of copepods, crustaceans, variously placed:
- A taxonomic genus within the family Peltidiidae.
- 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
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin Clytaemnēstra, Ancient Greek Κλυταιμνήστρα (Klutaimnḗstra).
Pronunciation
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
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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.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Clytemnēstra |
| Genitive | Clytemnēstrae |
| Dative | Clytemnēstrae |
| Accusative | Clytemnēstram |
| Ablative | Clytemnēstrā |
| Vocative | Clytemnēstra |