Miletus
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Miletus symethus
See also: mīlētus
Translingual
Etymology
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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
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
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.