Harpalus

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Harpalus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Carabidae – certain ground beetles.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Coleoptera – order; Adephaga – suborder; Carabidae – family; Harpalinae - subfamily; Harpalitae - supertribe; Harpalini - tribe; Harpalina - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Harpalus affinis - type species

Derived terms

• Hakaharpalus
• Harpalinus
• Harpalobrachys
• Harpalodiodes
• Harpalomorphus
• Harpathaumas
• Harponixus
• Kupeharpalus
• Neohyparpalus
• Nesarpalus
• Nipponoharpalus
• Pseudohyparpalus
• Typsiharpalus

References

• Harpalus (beetle) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Harpalus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Harpalus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἅρπαλος (Hárpalos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhar.pa.lus/, [ˈhärpäɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.pa.lus/, [ˈärpälus]

Proper noun

Harpalus m sg (genitive Harpalī); second declension

1. A Macedonian aristocrat and friend of Alexander the Great

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Harpalus
genitive	Harpalī
dative	Harpalō
accusative	Harpalum
ablative	Harpalō
vocative	Harpale

Descendants

• Translingual: Harpalus

References

• Harpalus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Harpalus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray