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English
Etymology
From Latin cantharis, from Ancient Greek κανθαρίς (kantharís).
Pronunciation
Noun
cantharis (plural cantharides)
- singular of cantharides
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κανθαρίς (kantharís, “blister-beetle”), of uncertain origin. Possibly related to the toponym Κάνθαροσ (Kántharos), a port of Piraeus, which is a Pre-Greek name. Also compare Akkadian 𒅗𒀭𒁕/𒌨𒌋 (“cup”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cantharis f (genitive cantharidis); third declension
- Spanish fly, a beetle of species Lytta vesicatoria, and the poison of it.
- A worm injurious to the vine and rose.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “cantharis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cantharis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cantharis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN