-
generic name
Galictis joins two Gr**** words: galē (γαλῆ, "weasel") and
iktis (ἴκτις, marten/weasel).
Compare the word
Galidictis (a
mongoose genus)....
- Gr****
words that both
approximately mean ‘weasel’: galid- (see Galidia) and
iktis.
Compare the word
Galictis (grison, a
closer relative of the weasel). It...
-
Leptictida (leptos
iktis "small/slender weasel") is a
possibly paraphyletic extinct order of
eutherian mammals.
Their classification is contentious: according...
- the
modern spelling of "ferret" by the 16th century. The Gr**** word ἴκτις
íktis,
Latinized as
ictis occurs in a play
written by Aristophanes, The Acharnians...
-
scientific name
Arctictis means 'bear-weasel', from the Gr**** arkt- "bear" +
iktis "weasel".
Viverra binturong was the
scientific name
proposed by
Thomas Stamford...
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Wight are from the
Roman Empire. It was
called Vectis or
Vecta in
Latin and
Iktis or
Ouiktis in Gr****.
Latin Vecta, Old
English Wiht, and Old
Welsh Gueid...
- 2009, p. 65.
Levick 2009, p. 66.
Levick 2009, p. 69. Weatherhill, Craig. "
IKTIS – The
Ancient Cornish Tin
Trade by
Craig Weatherhill".
Retrieved 1 June...
- Melita"). In its
unusual smallness it was
variously likened to
martens (ἴκτις/
iktis) or pangolins. The word "Melita" in this
adjectival form,
attested in Aristotle...
- like knuckle-bones and
carry it off to a
certain island off
Britain called Iktis.
During the ebb of the tide the
intervening space is left dry and they carry...
-
description of over 250
Roman fibulae found at the site. Weatherhill, Craig. "
IKTIS – The
Ancient Cornish Tin Trade".
Retrieved 1 June 2024. "The
Rumps & The...
