English

Antlia constellation

Proper noun

Antlia

1. (astronomy) A faint winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a pump. The common English name is "Air pump".

Derived terms

• Antliae

Translations

Anagrams

• Latian, Latina, Natali

Portuguese

Proper noun

Antlia f

1. (astronomy) Antlia (winter constellation of the northern sky)

Spanish

Proper noun

Antlia f

1. (astronomy) Antlia (constellation)

English

Noun

antlia ‎(plural antliae)

1. (zoology) The spiral tubular proboscis of lepidopterous insects.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντλία ‎(antlía, “bilge-water, filth”), from ἀντλέω ‎(antléō, “to bale out bilge-water, to bale the ship, to draw water”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈant.li.a/

Noun

antlia f ‎(genitive antliae); first declension

1. A foot-operated pump for drawing water.
2. (zoology) the body part of an insect used to suck up plant juices.

Declension

First declension.

References

• antlia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “antlia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• antlia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• antlia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin