Translingual

Portunus trituberculatus

Proper noun

Portunus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Portunidae – certain swimming crabs.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Malacostraca - class; Eumalacostraca - subclass; Eucarida - superorder; Decapoda - order; Pleocyemata - suborder; Brachyura - infraorder; Eubrachyura - section; Heterotremata - subsection; Portunoidea - superfamily; Portunidae - family; Portuninae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Portunus anceps, Portunus pelagicus, Portunus trituberculatus, Portunus ventralis (selected species); for other species see Portunus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Alternative forms

• Portumnus

Etymology

Ultimately from portus ‎(“harbor”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /porˈtuː.nus/, [pɔrˈtuː.nʊs]

Proper noun

Portūnus m ‎(genitive Portūnī); second declension

1. a minor Roman god, protector of harbors, also called Palaemon

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

• Portūnālis
• Portūnālia

References

• Portunus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Portunus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.