astacus

See also: Astacus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀστακός (astakós, “smooth lobster”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈas.ta.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈas.ta.kus]

Noun

astacus m (genitive astacī); second declension

1. A kind of crab

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	astacus	astacī
genitive	astacī	astacōrum
dative	astacō	astacīs
accusative	astacum	astacōs
ablative	astacō	astacīs
vocative	astace	astacī

Descendants

• Italian: astice
• Translingual: Astacus

References

• “astacus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “astacus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “astacus”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• “astacus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “astacus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “astacus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly