Salamis

From Ancient Greek Σαλαμίς (Salamís, “a nymph in Greek mythology”).

Salamis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – mother-of-pearl butterflies.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Papilionoidea - superfamily; Papilioniformes - series; Nymphalidae - family; Nymphalinae - subfamily; Junoniini - tribe

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From Ancient Greek Σαλαμίς (Salamís).

Salamis

1. The largest island in the Saronic Gulf, near Athens, Greece, where a famous battle in the Persian Wars took place.
2. An ancient Greek city in Cyprus.
3. (Greek mythology) A nymph, the daughter of Asopus and Metope, who was carried away by Poseidon to the island that bears her name.

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Salamis f

1. plural of Salami

From Ancient Greek Σαλαμίς (Salamís).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.la.miːs/, [ˈs̠äɫ̪ämiːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.la.mis/, [ˈsäːlämis]

Salamīs f sg (genitive Salamīnis); third declension

1. Salamis (the largest island in the Saronic Gulf off Athens, in modern Greece)
2. Salamis (ancient Greek city in Cyprus)

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Italian: Salamina

• “Salamis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Salamis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.