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Webster 1913 Edition
Anubis
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A-nu′bis
,Noun.
[L.]
(Myth.)
An Egyptian deity, the conductor of departed spirits to judgment, represented by a human figure with the head of a jackal, dog or fox.
Definition 2024
Anubis
Anubis
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin Anūbis, from Ancient Greek Ἄνουβις (Ánoubis), from Egyptian jnpw
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Proper noun
Anubis m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae – certain longhorn beetles.
- (obsolete) The fennec fox Vulpes zerda.
- Used as a specific epithet to differentiate species resembling depictions of the god Anubis or species formerly assigned to the genus
Hyponyms
- (beetle genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Coleoptera - order; Polyphaga - suborder; Cucujiformia - infraorder; Phytophaga - clade; Chrysomeloidea - superfamily; Cerambycidae - family; Cerambycinae - subfamily; Callichromatini - tribe
Derived terms
English
Proper noun
Anubis
- (Egyptian mythology) In the mythology of ancient Egypt, the god of the dead and tombs, commonly depicted with the head of a jackal.
Translations
Egyptian god of the dead and tombs
External links
Danish
Etymology
From Latin Anūbis, from Ancient Greek Ἄνουβις (Ánoubis), from Egyptian jnpw
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Proper noun
Anubis
German
Etymology
From Latin Anūbis, from Ancient Greek Ἄνουβις (Ánoubis), from Egyptian jnpw
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Proper noun
Anubis m (genitive Anubis' or Anubis)
Polish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Anubis m
Declension
declension of Anubis
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nominative | Anubis |
genitive | Anubisa |
dative | Anubisowi |
accusative | Anubisa |
instrumental | Anubisem |
locative | Anubisie |
vocative | Anubisie |
anubis
anubis
Latin
Adjective
anubis
Derived terms
- Apanteles anubis
- Arcyophora anubis
- Batracomorphus anubis
- Dynamine anubis
- Eremiaphila anubis
- Euchrysops anubis
- Mastor anubis
- Megasoma anubis
- Mileewa pallida anubis
- Oesol anubis
- Papio anubis
- Pherbellia anubis
- Stratiomys anubis
References
- ANUBIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- anubis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- anubis in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray