LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

arthropūs

arthropūs m (genitive arthropodis)
Classical[ˈar.tʰrɔ.puːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈar.tro.pus]

Meaning

  1. arthropod (Arthropoda)
    § 130. Similis et systematis nervosi confirmatio in Arthropodibus s. Condylopodibus, sed saepe ganglia plura inter se confluunt et centrum nervosum majus componunt, praesertim in thorace.1864, Jan van der Hoeven, Philosophia Zoologica, E. J. Brill, pages 79-80:
    Talis parthenogenesis et quidem naturalis in multis animalibus inferioribus et in parvis observatur, e.g. in arthropodibus, praeterea in multis plantis.1934, Josef Donat, Cosmologia, eighth edition, page 200:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativearthropūsarthropodēs
genitivearthropodisarthropodum
dativearthropodīarthropodibus
accusativearthropodemarthropodēs
ablativearthropodearthropodibus
vocativearthropūsarthropodēs

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Indo-European *-trom Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (árthron) Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *pṓdsder. Ancient Greek πούς (poús) Latin arthropūs Pseudo-loan from Ancient Greek, derived from ἄρθρον (árthron, “joint”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).

Quick answers

What does arthropūs mean in Latin?
arthropūs, a noun, means “arthropod (Arthropoda)”.
What is the genitive of arthropūs?
The genitive singular is arthropodis. arthropūs is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce arthropūs?
In classical Latin, [ˈar.tʰrɔ.puːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈar.tro.pus].