Clytemnestra

Translingual

Clytemnestra scutellata (copepod)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κλυταιμνήστρα (Klutaimnḗstra, “Clytemnestra”).

Proper noun

Clytemnestra f

1. A genus of copepods, crustaceans, variously placed:
   1. A taxonomic genus within the family Peltidiidae.
   2. A taxonomic genus within the family Clytemnestridae.
2. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae – certain longhorn beetles.

Hypernyms

• (genus in Cerambycidae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Coleoptera – order; Polyphaga – suborder; Cucujiformia – infraorder; Chrysomeloidea – superfamily; Cerambycidae – family

References

• Clytemnestridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Peltidiidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Clytemnestra (Copepoda) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Alternative forms

• Clytaemnestra

Etymology

From Latin Clytaemnēstra, Ancient Greek Κλυταιμνήστρα (Klutaimnḗstra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌklaɪtɪmˈnɛstɹə/, /ˌklaɪtəmˈnɛstɹə/

Proper noun

Clytemnestra

1. (Greek mythology) wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed after the Trojan War, whereupon was killed herself by their son Orestes

Translations

Agamemnon's wife

• French: Clytemnestre (fr) f
• Greek: Κλυταιμνήστρα (el) f (Klytaimnístra)

  Ancient Greek: Κλυταιμνήστρα f (Klutaimnḗstra)

• Italian: Clitennestra f
• Polish: Klitajmestra f
• Portuguese: Clitemnestra f
• Russian: Клитемне́стра f (Klitemnéstra)
• Spanish: Clitemnestra (es) f

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kly.temˈneːs.tra/, [klʲʏt̪ɛmˈneːs̠t̪rä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kli.temˈnes.tra/, [klit̪emˈnɛst̪rä]

Proper noun

Clytemnēstra f sg (genitive Clytemnēstrae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Alternative form of Clytaemnēstra

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Clytemnēstra
genitive	Clytemnēstrae
dative	Clytemnēstrae
accusative	Clytemnēstram
ablative	Clytemnēstrā
vocative	Clytemnēstra