ἡλιοκάνθαρος
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- scarab (Scarabaeus sacer)
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek ἥλιος (sun, sunlight) + Ancient Greek κάνθαρος (beetle, cantharus, type of beetle, dung beetle).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κάνθαρος
Gloss
beetle, cantharus, type of beetle, dung beetle
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
🐞
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- heliotypy English
- kantharos English
- cantharus Latin
- helium Latin
- perielio Italian
- ге́лий Russian
- κάνθαρος Ancient Greek
- κανθαρίς Ancient Greek
- τύπος Ancient Greek
- ἡλιοσκόπιον Ancient Greek
- ἡλιοτρόπιον Ancient Greek
- ἡλιόφυτον Ancient Greek
- ἥλιος Ancient Greek
- ἱπποκάνθαρος Ancient Greek
- हेलि Sanskrit
- heliotrop Danish
- ήλιος Greek (modern)
- kandërr Albanian
- ჰელიუმი Georgian
- *hāwélios Proto-Hellenic