noun · masculinesecond declension
Mīcrogastēr
Mīcrogastēr m (genitive Mīcrogastrī)
Classical[miː.krɔˈɡas.teːr]Ecclesiastical[mi.kroˈɡas.ter]
Meaning
- Any braconid wasp of the genus Microgaster.
Quisque perspeciet, Aldrovandum hoc loco folliculos larvarum cujusdam, speciei Microgastrorum, ex eruca papilionis brassicae proruptarum, pro ovis erucae ipsius habuisse.
Everyone will see that Aldrovandi in this place mistook the follicles of a certain larva, of a species of Microgasters, hatched from the caterpillar of the cabbage butterfly, as the eggs of the caterpillar itself.1829, Johann Ludwig Christian Carl Gravenhorst, “Caput I. Historia culturae Ichneumonidum.”, in Ichneumonologia europaea., volume 1, pages 2-3:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Mīcrogastēr | Mīcrogastrī |
| genitive | Mīcrogastrī | Mīcrogastrōrum |
| dative | Mīcrogastrō | Mīcrogastrīs |
| accusative | Mīcrogastrum | Mīcrogastrōs |
| ablative | Mīcrogastrō | Mīcrogastrīs |
| vocative | Mīcrogastēr | Mīcrogastrī |
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
- Ancient Greek μῑκρός(mīkrós)
- LatinMīcrogastēr
Proto-Indo-European *gres-der. Ancient Greek γρᾰ́ω (grắō) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Hellenic *-tḗr Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr) Ancient Greek γᾰστήρ (găstḗr) Translingual Microgasterbor. Latin Mīcrogastēr Borrowed from Translingual Microgaster.