Oenomaus

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Oenomaus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae – certain butterflies.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Papilionoidea  - superfamily; Lycaenidae - family; Theclinae - subfamily; Eumaeini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Oenomaus ortygnus (aquamarine hairstreak) - type species

References

• Oenomaus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Oenomaus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Oenomaus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Alternative forms

• Oenamaus
• Œnomaus

Proper noun

Oenomaus

1. (Greek mythology) A king of Pisa, son of Ares and father of Hippodamia.

Translations

Translations

• French: Œnomaos (fr) m, Œnomaüs (fr) m
• Greek: Οινόμαος (el) m (Oinómaos)

  Ancient Greek: Οἰνόμαος m (Oinómaos)

• Latin: Oenomaus m

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Οἰνόμαος (Oinómaos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈoe̯.no.mau̯s/, [ˈoe̯nɔmäu̯s̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.no.mau̯s/, [ˈɛːnomäu̯s]

Proper noun

Oenomaus m sg (genitive Oenomaī); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) a king of Pisa, son of Ares and father of Hippodamia
2. A Greek philosopher born in Gadara

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Oenomaus
Genitive	Oenomaī
Dative	Oenomaō
Accusative	Oenomaum
Ablative	Oenomaō
Vocative	Oenomae

References

• “Oenomaus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Oenomaus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Oenomaus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.