Phaethon
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Phaethon rubricauda (red-tailed tropicbird)
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin Phaethon, from Ancient Greek Φαέθων (Phaéthōn).
Proper noun
Phaethon m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Phaethontidae – tropicbirds.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neornithes - parvclass; Neognathae - cohort; Phaethontiformes - order; Phaethontidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Phaethon aethereus (red-billed tropicbird) - type species; Phaethon lepturus (white-tailed tropicbird), Phaethon rubricauda (red-tailed tropicbird) - other accepted species
References
Tropicbird on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Phaethon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Phaethon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
English
Proper noun
Phaethon
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φᾰέθων (Phaéthōn).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpʰa.e.tʰoːn/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfa.e.ton/,
Proper noun
Phaëthōn m sg (genitive Phaëthontis or Phaëthontos); third declension
- (Greek mythology) Phaëthon (son of Helios and Clymene, who, having obtained from his father permission to drive the sun’s chariot for a day, lost control of the steeds, and was struck down by a thunderbolt of Zeus, to prevent his setting the earth on fire)
- (poetic) a divine epithet of the Sun
- Synonym of Iuppiter (“the planet Jupiter”)
- Synonym of Saturnus (“the planet Saturn”)
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Phaëthōn |
| genitive | Phaëthontis Phaëthontos |
| dative | Phaëthontī |
| accusative | Phaëthontem Phaëthonta |
| ablative | Phaëthonte |
| vocative | Phaëthōn |
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See also
References
- “Phăĕthon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Phăĕthōn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,170/1.
- “Phaëthōn” on page 1,371 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)