pelecanus
See also: Pelecanus
Latin
pelecānī (pelicans)
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πελεκάν (pelekán), πελεκάνος (pelekános).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pe.leˈkaː.nus/, [pɛ.ɫɛˈkaː.nʊs]
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pelecānus | pelecānī |
| Genitive | pelecānī | pelecānōrum |
| Dative | pelecānō | pelecānīs |
| Accusative | pelecānum | pelecānōs |
| Ablative | pelecānō | pelecānīs |
| Vocative | pelecāne | pelecānī |
Descendants
- Basque: pelikano
- Breton: pilikant
- Bulgarian: пеликан (pelikan)
- Catalan: pelicà
- Chechen: пеликан (pelikan)
- Czech: pelikán
- Danish: pelikan
- Dutch: pelikaan
- English: pelican
- Esperanto: pelikano
- Estonian: pelikan
- Finnish: pelikaani
- French: pélican
- Friulian: pilekaan
- Galician: pelícano
- German: Pelikan
- Hungarian: pelikán
- Icelandic: pelíkani
- Ido: pelikano
- Indonesian: pelikan
- Interlingua: pelicano
- Irish: peileacán
- Italian: pellicano
- Japanese: ペリカン (perikan)
References
- pelecanus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pelecanus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- pelecanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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