Clytemnestra

From Ancient Greek Κλυταιμνήστρα (Klutaimnḗstra, “Clytemnestra”).

Clytemnestra f

1. A genus of copepods, crustaceans, variously placed:
   1. A taxonomic genus within the family Peltidiidae.
   2. A taxonomic genus within the family Clytemnestridae.
2. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae – certain longhorn beetles.

• (genus in Cerambycidae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Coleoptera – order; Polyphaga – suborder; Cucujiformia – infraorder; Chrysomeloidea – superfamily; Cerambycidae – family

• Clytemnestridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Peltidiidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Clytemnestra (Copepoda) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• Clytaemnestra

From Latin Clytaemnēstra, Ancient Greek Κλυταιμνήστρα (Klutaimnḗstra).

• IPA^(key): /ˌklaɪtɪmˈnɛstɹə/, /ˌklaɪtəmˈnɛstɹə/

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Clytemnestra

1. (Greek mythology) wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed after the Trojan War, whereupon was killed herself by their son Orestes

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kly.tɛmˈneːs.tra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kli.t̪emˈnɛs.t̪ra]

Clytemnēstra f sg (genitive Clytemnēstrae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) alternative form of Clytaemnēstra

First-declension noun, singular only.