Translingual

Apus apus, common swift

Etymology

From Latin apūs, from Ancient Greek ἄπους ‎(ápous, “sand martin”), from ἀ- ‎(a-, “not”) + πούς ‎(poús, “foot”) (the birds rarely show their feet).

Proper noun

Apus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Apodidae – the swifts. They resemble swallows but have shorter tails.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Apodiformes - order; Apodidae - family; Apodinae - subfamily; Apodini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Apus acuticauda, Apus affinis, Apus alexandri, Apus apus, Apus balstoni, Apus barbatus, Apus batesi, Apus berliozi, Apus bradfieldi, Apus caffer, Apus horus, Apus niansae, Apus nipalensis, Apus pacificus, Apus pallidus, Apus unicolor - species

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276

English

Proper noun

Apus

1. (astronomy): A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a bird of paradise.

Derived terms

• Apodis

Translations

Anagrams

• Apsu, puas, upas

Spanish

Proper noun

Apus ?

1. (astronomy) Apus (a constellation of the southern sky)

Latin

Noun

apūs m ‎(genitive apodis); third declension

1. A martlet, swallow; a kind of bird believed to have no feet.

Inflection

Third declension.

References

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

Portuguese

Verb

apus

1. first-person singular preterite of apor

Romanian

Etymology

From the verb apune ‎(“to fade, set”).

Noun

apus n ‎(plural apusuri)

1. (uncommon) west
2. sunset

Declension

Synonyms

• (west): vest
• (sunset): asfințit

Verb

apus

1. past participle of apune

Declension