Procyon
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before, in place of”) + κύων (kúōn, “dog”)
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – supercohort; Eutheria – infraclass; Carnivora – order; Caniformia - suborder; Procyonidae - family; Procyoninae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Procyon lotor (common raccoon) - type species; Procyon cancrivorus (crab-eating raccoon), Procyon pygmaeus (Cozumel raccoon or pygmy raccoon) - other extant species
References
Procyon (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Procyon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Procyon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English

Procyon in constellation Canis Minor
Etymology
From Latin Procyōn, from Ancient Greek Προκύων (Prokúōn), from πρό (pró, “before”) + κύων (kúōn, “dog”), in reference to it preceding the "Dog Star" Sirius.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɹəʊsiˌɒn/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɹoʊsiˌɑn/
Proper noun
Procyon
- (astronomy) A star in the constellation Canis Minor; Alpha (α) Canis Minoris. The eighth brightest star in the night sky.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Προκύων (Prokúōn), from πρό (pró, “before”) + κύων (kúōn, “dog”), in reference to it preceding the "Dog Star" Sirius.
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Procyōn |
Genitive | Procyōnis |
Dative | Procyōnī |
Accusative | Procyōnem |
Ablative | Procyōne |
Vocative | Procyōn |
References
- “Procyon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Procyon”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Procyon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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