coturnix
See also: Coturnix
Latin
Etymology
From Old Latin *quocturnix, imitative of the bird's cry, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoḱt-. Compare English quail and Sanskrit चातक (cātaka, “pied cuckoo”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /koːˈtur.niːks/, [koːˈtʊr.niːks]
Noun
cōturnīx f (genitive cōturnīcis); third declension
Declension
- The first syllable may also scan short as coturnīx instead of cōturnīx.
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cōturnīx | cōturnīcēs |
| Genitive | cōturnīcis | cōturnīcum |
| Dative | cōturnīcī | cōturnīcibus |
| Accusative | cōturnīcem | cōturnīcēs |
| Ablative | cōturnīce | cōturnīcibus |
| Vocative | cōturnīx | cōturnīcēs |
Synonyms
- (Late Latin): qualea, quaccola, quaquila
Descendants
- Aromanian: piturniclje
- Asturian: cogorniz
- Italian: cotornice, coturnice
- Old Occitan: codornitz
- Portuguese: codorniz
- Romanian: potârniche
- Spanish: codorniz
- Translingual: Coturnix
References
- coturnix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- coturnix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- coturnix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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