Atta

See also: atta, attá, átta, attā, åtta, and attą̊

Translingual

Etymology

Latin Atta (“a surname for persons who walk upon the tips of their shoes”), probably from Ancient Greek ᾁττω (hāittō), ᾁσσω (hāissō, “to spring”)

Proper noun

Atta f

A taxonomic genus within the family Formicidae – the leaf-cutter ants.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Hymenoptera - order; Apocrita - suborder; Formicoidea - superfamily; Formicidae - family; Myrmicinae - subfamily; Attini - tribe

Hyponyms

See Atta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia for species

References

Atta (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Atta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Atta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Atta on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Atta at the Tree of Life Web Project
Atta at the Catalogue of Life

Latin

Etymology

From atta (“a person who walks upon the tips of their shoes”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈat.ta/

Proper noun

Atta m (genitive Attae); first declension

A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
1. Titus Quinctius Atta, a Roman writer

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Atta
Genitive	Attae
Dative	Attae
Accusative	Attam
Ablative	Attā
Vocative	Atta

References

Atta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Atta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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