Glaucus

From Latin glaucus.

Glaucus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Glaucidae – nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea, beautifully colored with blue and silvery white.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda - class; Heterobranchia - subclass; Nudibranchia - order; Eolidoidea - suborder; Aeolidioidea - superfamily; Glaucidae - family

• (genus): Glaucus atlanticus - type species; for other species see Glaucus at World Register of Marine Species

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From Ancient Greek Γλαῦκος (Glaûkos, from γλαυκός (glaukós, literally “greyish-blue, bluish-green, glimmering”)).

Glaucus

1. (Greek mythology) A Greek prophetic sea-god, born mortal and turned immortal upon eating a magical herb. It was believed that he commonly came to the rescue of sailors and fishermen in storms, having once been one himself.
2. (Greek mythology) A mythical Lycian soldier and captain in the Trojan War.
3. (Greek mythology) Son of Sisyphus, and a mythical Corinthian king.
4. (Greek mythology) Son of king Minos.
5. (Greek mythology) one of the sons of Priam.
6. (Greek mythology) A son of Aepytus.
7. (Greek mythology) One of the twelve younger Panes.

From Ancient Greek Γλαῦκος (Glaûkos).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlau̯.kus/, [ˈɡɫ̪äu̯kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlau̯.kus/, [ˈɡläːu̯kus]

Glaucus m sg (genitive Glaucī); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) The name of several figures of the Greek mythology
2. The name of several rivers of Asia Minor

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• “Glaucus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Glaucus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Glaucus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “Glaucus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly