passerinus

Latin

Etymology

passer (“sparrow”) +‎ -īnus

Adjective

passerīnus (feminine passerīna, neuter passerīnum); first/second declension

of or fit for a sparrow
(New Latin) sparrow-like

Derived terms

References

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

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