Ascalaphusとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Latin Ascalaphus, from Ancient Greek Ἀσκάλαφος (Askálaphos, literally “Screech-owl”).

固有名詞

Ascalaphus

1. (Greek mythology) The orchardist of Hades, changed into a screech-owl by Demeter for telling Hades that Persephone had eaten pomegranate seeds

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: /asˈka.la.pʰus/, [äs̠ˈkäɫ̪äpʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /asˈka.la.fus/, [äsˈkäːläfus]

固有名詞

Ascalaphus m sg (genitive Ascalaphī); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) The custodian of the orchard of Hades, son of Acheron and Orphne
2. (Greek mythology) A king of Orchomenus, son of Ares and Astyoche

語形変化

Second-declension noun, singular only.

参照

• “Ascalaphus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Ascalaphus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.