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Stentor
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See also: stentor
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin Stentōr, from Ancient Greek Στέντωρ (Sténtōr), the name of a herald in the Iliad who had a loud voice.
Pronunciation
- English: (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstɛnˌtɔr/
Proper noun
Stentor f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Stentoridae – certain large chromists whose shape resembles a trumpet.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Chromista – kingdom; Harosa – subkingdom; Halvaria – infrakingdom; Alveolata – superphylum; Ciliophora – phylum; Postciliodesmatophora - subphylum; Heterotrichea - class; Heterotrichida - order; Stentoridae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Stentor coeruleus, Stentor mulleri, Stentor polymorphus, Stentor roeseli - selected species
References
Stentor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Stentor on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Stentor on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Stentor at World Register of Marine Species
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English
Etymology
From Latin Stentōr, from Ancient Greek Στέντωρ (Sténtōr).
Proper noun
Stentor
- A herald in the Iliad celebrated for his loud voice.
- 1899, Aristotle, The Politics of Aristotle, page 172:
- For who can be the general of such a vast multitude, or who the herald, unless he have the voice of a Stentor?
- (astronomy) The Jovian asteroid 2146 Stentor.
Derived terms
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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Στέντωρ (Sténtōr).
Proper noun
Stentōr m (genitive Stentoris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
- Stentoreus
References
- “Stentor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Stentor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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