Castor

See also: castor

Translingual

Castor canadensis

Etymology

1398 Old French castor, from Latin castor (“beaver”), from Ancient Greek Κάστωρ (Kástōr).

Proper noun

Castor m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Castoridae – beavers.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Rodentia – order; Castorimorpha – suborder; Castoridae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Castor fiber (European beaver) - type species; Castor canadensis (American beaver) – sole other extant species

References

• Beaver on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Castor on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Castor on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Proper noun

Castor

1. (Greek mythology) One of the Dioscuri
2. (astronomy) A double star in the constellation Gemini; alpha (α) Geminorum.
3. A village and civil parish in city of Peterborough district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1298).
4. A town in Alberta, Canada. From French castor (“beaver”).
5. A village in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, United States. From French castor (“beaver”).
6. A surname.

Translations

Dioscuri

• Danish: Castor
• French: Castor (fr) m
• Greek: Κάστωρ (el) m (Kástor)
• Greenlandic: Kastori
• Inuktitut: ᑲᔅᑐᕐ (kastor)
• Irish: Castór m
• Russian: Ка́стор (ru) m (Kástor)

Star

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 北河二 (bak¹ ho⁴ ji⁶)

  Mandarin: 北河二 (zh) (Běihé'èr)

• French: Castor (fr) m
• Greek: Κάστωρ (el) m (Kástor)
• Maori: Whakaahu rangi, Whakaahu
• Russian: Ка́стор (ru) m (Kástor)
• Scottish Gaelic: Gaolag na Caiginn f

See also

• Pollux

Anagrams

• Castro, Cators, Croats, acrost, actors, co-star, costar, scroat, scrota, tarocs

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kas.tɔʁ/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Castor m

1. (Greek mythology) Castor
2. (astronomy) Castor
3. (Canada) Dane-zaa or Beaver indigenous people

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κᾰ́στωρ (Kástōr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.tor/, [ˈkäs̠t̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.tor/, [ˈkäst̪or]

Proper noun

Castor m sg (genitive Castoris); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Castor
   • 6th or 5th century BCE, Castor-Pollux dedication (image (page 3; requires access to JSTOR); facsimile):

     𐌂𐌀𐌔𐌕𐌏𐌓𐌄𐌉:𐌐𐌏𐌃𐌋𐌏𐌖𐌒𐌖𐌄𐌉𐌒𐌖𐌄/𐌒𐌖𐌓𐌏𐌉𐌔

     CASTOREI:PODLOVQVEIQVE/QVROIS

     To Castor and Pollux, the Dioskouroi

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Castor
genitive	Castoris
dative	Castorī
accusative	Castorem
ablative	Castore
vocative	Castor

• Castorei is an old form of Castorī.