Clytemnestra
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Κλυταιμνήστρα (Klutaimnḗstra, “Clytemnestra”).
Proper noun[edit]
Clytemnestra f
- A genus of copepods, crustaceans, variously placed:
- A taxonomic genus within the family Peltidiidae.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Clytemnestridae.
- (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae – certain longhorn beetles.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (genus in Cerambycidae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Coleoptera - order; Polyphaga - suborder; Cucujiformia - infraorder; Chrysomeloidea - superfamily; Cerambycidae - family
References[edit]
- Clytemnestridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Peltidiidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Clytemnestra (Copepoda) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin Clytaemnēstra, Ancient Greek Κλυταιμνήστρα (Klutaimnḗstra).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Clytemnestra
- (Greek mythology) wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed after the Trojan War, whereupon was killed herself by their son Orestes
Translations[edit]
Agamemnon's wife
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Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kly.temˈneːs.tra/, [klʲʏt̪ɛmˈneːs̠t̪rä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kli.temˈnes.tra/, [klit̪emˈnɛst̪rä]
Proper noun[edit]
Clytemnēstra f sg (genitive Clytemnēstrae); first declension
- (Greek mythology) Alternative form of Clytaemnēstra
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Clytemnēstra |
Genitive | Clytemnēstrae |
Dative | Clytemnēstrae |
Accusative | Clytemnēstram |
Ablative | Clytemnēstrā |
Vocative | Clytemnēstra |
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