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Anubis


A-nu′bis

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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

See also: anubis and Anúbis

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin Anūbis, from Ancient Greek Ἄνουβις (Ánoubis), from Egyptian jnpw

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Proper noun

Anubis m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae – certain longhorn beetles.
  2. (obsolete) The fennec fox Vulpes zerda.
  3. Used as a specific epithet to differentiate species resembling depictions of the god Anubis or species formerly assigned to the genus

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English

Anubis

Proper noun

Anubis

  1. (Egyptian mythology) In the mythology of ancient Egypt, the god of the dead and tombs, commonly depicted with the head of a jackal.

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin Anūbis, from Ancient Greek Ἄνουβις (Ánoubis), from Egyptian jnpw

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Proper noun

Anubis

  1. 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)

  1. Anubis.

Polish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Anubis m

  1. Anubis

Declension


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [a̠ˈnu.bis], [a̠ˈnu.β̞is]

Etymology

From Latin Anūbis, from Ancient Greek Ἄνουβις (Ánoubis), from Egyptian jnpw

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Proper noun

Anubis m

  1. (Egyptian mythology) Anubis.

anubis

anubis

See also: Anubis and Anúbis

Latin

Adjective

anubis

  1. (New Latin) dog-headed

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