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Webster 1913 Edition

Cantharis

Can′tha-ris

(kăn′thȧ-rĭs)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Cantharides
(kăn-thăr′ĭ-dēz)
.
[L., a kind of beetle, esp. the Spanish fly, Gr.
κανθαρίς
.]
(Zool.)
A beetle (
Lytta vesicatoria
, syn.
Cantharis vesicatoria
), having an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; – also called
Spanish fly
. Many other species of
Lytta
, used for the same purpose, take the same name. See
Blister beetle
, under
Blister
. The plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cantharis

CANTHARIS

or plu. CANTHARIDES,
Noun.
Spanish flies; a species of Meloe. This fly is nine or ten lines in length, of a shining green color, mixed with azure, and has a nauseous smell. It feeds upon the leaves of trees and shrubs, preferring the ash. These flies, when bruised, are universally used as a vesicatory, or blistering plaster. The largest come from Italy, but the best from Spain.

Definition 2024

Cantharis

Cantharis

See also: cantharis

Translingual

Proper noun

Cantharis f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cantharidae – soldier beetles.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

cantharis

cantharis

See also: Cantharis

English

Noun

cantharis ‎(plural cantharides)

  1. singular of cantharides

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κανθαρίς ‎(kantharís, “blister-beetle”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.tʰa.ris/, [ˈkan.tʰa.rɪs]

Noun

cantharis f ‎(genitive cantharidis); third declension

  1. The Spanish fly, Lytta vesicatoria, and the poison of it.
  2. A worm injurious to the vine and rose.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative cantharis cantharidēs
genitive cantharidis cantharidum
dative cantharidī cantharidibus
accusative cantharidem cantharidēs
ablative cantharide cantharidibus
vocative cantharis cantharidēs

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