arthropus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (árthron)

Proto-Indo-European *ped-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *pṓdsder.

Ancient Greek πούς (poús)

Latin arthropūs

Pseudo-loan from Ancient Greek, derived from ἄρθρον (árthron, “joint”) +‎ πούς (poús, “foot”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈar.tʰrɔ.puːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈar.tro.pus]

Noun

arthropūs m (genitive arthropodis); third declension

1. (taxonomy) arthropod (Arthropoda)
   • 1864, Jan van der Hoeven, Philosophia Zoologica‎^[1], E. J. Brill, pages 79-80:

     § 130. Similis et systematis nervosi confirmatio in Arthropodibus s. Condylopodibus, sed saepe ganglia plura inter se confluunt et centrum nervosum majus componunt, praesertim in thorace.

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   • 1934, Josef Donat, Cosmologia‎^[2], eighth edition, page 200:

     Talis parthenogenesis et quidem naturalis in multis animalibus inferioribus et in parvis observatur, e.g. in arthropodibus, praeterea in multis plantis.

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Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	arthropūs	arthropodēs
genitive	arthropodis	arthropodum
dative	arthropodī	arthropodibus
accusative	arthropodem	arthropodēs
ablative	arthropode	arthropodibus
vocative	arthropūs	arthropodēs