Phorbas

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Translingual[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Phorbas m

A taxonomic genus within the family Hymedesmiidae – certain sponges.

Hypernyms[edit]

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Porifera - phylum; Demospongiae - class; Heteroscleromorpha - subclass; Poecilosclerida - order; Hymedesmiidae - family

Hyponyms[edit]

(genus): Phorbas amaranthus - type species

References[edit]

Phorbas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Phorbas on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Phorbas on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φόρβας (Phórbas).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰor.bas/, [ˈpʰɔrbäs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfor.bas/, [ˈfɔrbäs]

Proper noun[edit]

Phorbas m sg (genitive Phorbantis); third declension

Phorbas, the name of several mythic personages

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Phorbas
Genitive	Phorbantis
Dative	Phorbantī
Accusative	Phorbantem
Ablative	Phorbante
Vocative	Phorbas

References[edit]

“Phorbas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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