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Astacus
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As′ta-cus
,Noun.
[L.
astacus
a crab, Gr. [GREEK].] (Zool.)
A genus of crustaceans, containing the crawfish of fresh-water lobster of Europe, and allied species of western North America. See
Crawfish
. Definition 2024
astacus
astacus
Latin
Noun
astacus m (genitive astacī); second declension
- A kind of crab
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | astacus | astacī |
| genitive | astacī | astacōrum |
| dative | astacō | astacīs |
| accusative | astacum | astacōs |
| ablative | astacō | astacīs |
| vocative | astace | astacī |
Descendants
- Italian: astice
References
- astacus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “astacus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- astacus in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- astacus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- astacus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- astacus in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly