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/

Clytemnestra

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kly.temˈneːs.tra/, [klʲʏt̪ɛmˈneːs̠t̪rä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kli.temˈnes.tra/, [klit̪emˈnɛst̪rä]

Clytemnēstra f sg (genitive Clytemnēstrae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Alternative form of Clytaemnēstra

First-declension noun, singular only.