"Pithecanthropus" meaning in All languages combined

See Pithecanthropus on Wiktionary

Proper name [Translingual]

Etymology: From Ancient Greek πίθηκος (píthēkos, “ape”) + Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man”) + Latin -us Etymology templates: {{der|mul|grc|πίθηκος||ape}} Ancient Greek πίθηκος (píthēkos, “ape”), {{der|mul|grc|ἄνθρωπος||man}} Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man”), {{der|mul|la|-us}} Latin -us Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=m|g2=|head=Pithecanthropus|nogendercat=1}} Pithecanthropus m
  1. A former taxonomic genus in the family Hominidae, whose species are now assigned to the genus Homo. It was first used as the generic name for what is now called Homo erectus erectus (Java man). Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Hominids Synonyms: Anthropopithecus (alt: generic name first used for Homo erectus erectus), Homo Derived forms: Pithecanthropus erectus (english: Java man)
    Sense id: en-Pithecanthropus-mul-name-MttqZo9V Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "pithecanthropoid"
          },
          "expansion": "English: pithecanthropoid",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: pithecanthropoid"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "πίθηκος",
        "4": "",
        "5": "ape"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek πίθηκος (píthēkos, “ape”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἄνθρωπος",
        "4": "",
        "5": "man"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-us"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -us",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek πίθηκος (píthēkos, “ape”) + Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man”) + Latin -us",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "Pithecanthropus",
        "nogendercat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Pithecanthropus m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Translingual",
  "lang_code": "mul",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "mul",
          "name": "Hominids",
          "orig": "mul:Hominids",
          "parents": [
            "Primates",
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "Java man",
          "word": "Pithecanthropus erectus"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:",
          "text": "\"Do not be alarmed,\" said Dr. Maupuis' quiet voice. \"It is the Pithecanthropus. He is harmless.\" Had it been a cat which had strayed into the room the scientist could not have discussed it more calmly.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A former taxonomic genus in the family Hominidae, whose species are now assigned to the genus Homo. It was first used as the generic name for what is now called Homo erectus erectus (Java man)."
      ],
      "id": "en-Pithecanthropus-mul-name-MttqZo9V",
      "links": [
        [
          "taxonomic",
          "taxonomic"
        ],
        [
          "genus",
          "genus"
        ],
        [
          "family",
          "family"
        ],
        [
          "Hominidae",
          "Hominidae#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "Homo",
          "Homo#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "generic name",
          "generic name"
        ],
        [
          "Java man",
          "Java man"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "alt": "generic name first used for Homo erectus erectus",
          "word": "Anthropopithecus"
        },
        {
          "word": "Homo"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Pithecanthropus"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "Java man",
      "word": "Pithecanthropus erectus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "pithecanthropoid"
          },
          "expansion": "English: pithecanthropoid",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: pithecanthropoid"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "πίθηκος",
        "4": "",
        "5": "ape"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek πίθηκος (píthēkos, “ape”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἄνθρωπος",
        "4": "",
        "5": "man"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-us"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -us",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek πίθηκος (píthēkos, “ape”) + Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man”) + Latin -us",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "Pithecanthropus",
        "nogendercat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Pithecanthropus m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Translingual",
  "lang_code": "mul",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (subspecies)",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
        "Translingual lemmas",
        "Translingual proper nouns",
        "Translingual terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Translingual terms derived from Latin",
        "mul:Hominids"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:",
          "text": "\"Do not be alarmed,\" said Dr. Maupuis' quiet voice. \"It is the Pithecanthropus. He is harmless.\" Had it been a cat which had strayed into the room the scientist could not have discussed it more calmly.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A former taxonomic genus in the family Hominidae, whose species are now assigned to the genus Homo. It was first used as the generic name for what is now called Homo erectus erectus (Java man)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "taxonomic",
          "taxonomic"
        ],
        [
          "genus",
          "genus"
        ],
        [
          "family",
          "family"
        ],
        [
          "Hominidae",
          "Hominidae#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "Homo",
          "Homo#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "generic name",
          "generic name"
        ],
        [
          "Java man",
          "Java man"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "alt": "generic name first used for Homo erectus erectus",
      "word": "Anthropopithecus"
    },
    {
      "word": "Homo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Pithecanthropus"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Pithecanthropus meaning in All languages combined (2.5kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.