Atta

See also: Appendix:Variations of "atta"

Translingual

Atta cephalotes

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

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Formicidae – 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

• (genus): Atta cephalotes - type species; for other species see Atta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Atta (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Atta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Atta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Atta at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• 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/, [ˈät̪ːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈat.ta/, [ˈät̪ːä]

Proper noun

Atta m sg (genitive Attae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

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.