Stentor

See also: stentor

Translingual

Stentor polymorphus

Etymology

From Latin Stentōr, from Ancient Greek Στέντωρ (Sténtōr), the name of a herald in the Iliad who had a loud voice.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈstɛnˌtɔr/

Proper noun

Stentor f

A taxonomic genus within the family Stentoridae – a genus of large chromist, whose shape resembles a trumpet.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Harosa - subkingdom; Halvaria - infrakingdom; Alveolata - superphylum; Ciliophora - phylum; Postciliodesmatophora - subphylum; Heterotrichea - class; Heterotrichida - order; Stentoridae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Stentor coeruleus, Stentor mulleri, Stentor polymorphus, Stentor roeseli (species)

References

Stentor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Stentor on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Stentor on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

From Latin Stentōr, from Ancient Greek Στέντωρ (Sténtōr).

Proper noun

Stentor

A herald in the Iliad celebrated for his loud voice.

Derived terms

Anagrams

snotter

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Στέντωρ (Sténtōr).

Proper noun

Stentōr m (genitive Stentoris); third declension

Stentor

Declension

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Stentōr	Stentorēs
genitive	Stentoris	Stentorum
dative	Stentorī	Stentoribus
accusative	Stentorem	Stentorēs
ablative	Stentore	Stentoribus
vocative	Stentōr	Stentorēs

Derived terms

Stentoreus

References

Stentor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Stentor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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