Cantharus

/ˈkænθərəs/ noun

Definition

A large drinking cup or goblet used in ancient Greece and Rome; also, a genus of fish (sea breams).

Etymology

From Greek 'kantharos' meaning 'drinking cup' or 'beetle.' The cup was named after the beetle possibly due to its shape or handles. Later applied to fish by Linnaeus.

Kelly Says

The cantharus cup was so iconic in ancient Greece that it appears in countless paintings on pottery—and naming a fish after it shows how Renaissance scientists loved connecting natural creatures to classical culture!

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ካንታር grossen
kan-ta-ar-groos-en
ARالعربية
كانثاروس
kan-tha-ru-s
BNবাংলা
ক্যান্থারাস
kaan-tha-ra-s
CACatalà
cantharus
kan-tha-ri-da-sio
CSČeština
cantharus
kan-tha-ru-s
DADansk
cantharus
kan-ta-ru-s
DEDeutsch
Cantharus
kan-ta-ru-s
ELΕλληνικά
κανθαρος
kan-tha-ros
ESEspañol
cantharus
kan-tha-ru-s
FAفارسی
کانتاریدین
kan-ta-ri-din
FISuomi
cantharus
kan-tha-ru-s
FRFrançais
cantharus
kan-ta-ru-s
GUGU
કેંથારિડાઇઝિંગ
ken-tha-ri-dai-zing
HAHA
cantharus
kan-tha-ru-s
HEעברית
קנטארוס
kan-ta-ru-s
HIहिन्दी
कैंथारस
kan-tha-ras
HUMagyar
cantharus
kan-tha-ru-s
IDBahasa Indonesia
cantharus
kan-tha-ru-s
IGIG
cantharus
kan-tha-ru-s
ITItaliano
cantharus
kan-tha-ru-s
JA日本語
カントゥラス
kan-tu-ra-su
KKKK
қантаридин
qan-ta-ri-din
KMKM
កាន់ធារីដា
kaan-tha-ri-da
KO한국어
칸타루스
kan-ta-ru-seu
MRMR
कॅनथारिडाइजिंग
kaen-tha-ri-dai-zing
MSBahasa Melayu
cantharus
kan-tha-ru-s
MYမြန်မာ
ကန်သာရစ်တိုင်
kan-tha-ri-tin
NLNederlands
cantharus
kan-tha-ru-s
NONorsk
cantharus
kan-ta-ru-s
PAPA
ਕੈਂਥਾਰਿਡੇਟਿੰਗ
kaen-tha-ri-de-ting
PLPolski
cantharus
kan-ta-ru-s
PTPortuguês
cantharus
kan-tha-ru-s
RORomână
cantharus
kan-tha-ru-s
RUРусский
кантарус
kan-ta-rus
SVSvenska
cantharus
kan-ta-ru-s
SWKiswahili
cantharus
kan-tha-ru-s
TAதமிழ்
கேன் தாரிடே
kaen thaari-ta
TEతెలుగు
కేంథారిడేషన్
keṃ-tha-ri-da-shen
THไทย
คานทารัส
kan-tha-ra-s
TLTL
cantharus
kan-tha-ru-s
TRTürkçe
cantharus
kan-tha-ru-s
UKУкраїнська
кантарус
kan-ta-rus
URاردو
کنتھارڈائزنگ
kan-tha-ri-da-zing
VITiếng Việt
cantharus
kan-tha-ru-s
YOYO
cantharus
kan-tha-ru-s
ZH中文
坎塔鲁斯
kan-ta-lu-sī
ZUZU
cantharus
kan-tha-ru-s

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