sciurus

See also: Sciurus

Latin

sciūrus (squirrel)

Etymology

Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros, “squirrel”), from σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /skiˈuː.rus/, [skɪˈuː.rʊs]

Noun

sciūrus m (genitive sciūrī); second declension

squirrel

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sciūrus	sciūrī
Genitive	sciūrī	sciūrōrum
Dative	sciūrō	sciūrīs
Accusative	sciūrum	sciūrōs
Ablative	sciūrō	sciūrīs
Vocative	sciūre	sciūrī

Descendants

Aragonese: esquirgüelo
Asturian: esquilu
Catalan: esquirol
English: squirrel
Esperanto: sciuro
French: écureuil
Friulian: sghirate
Galician: esquío

Gallo: étchuro
Italian: scoiattolo
Maltese: skojjatlu, skwiril
Portuguese: esquilo
Romanian: știur
Spanish: esquilo
Sicilian: scoiattulu
Venetian: schirat, schirato

References

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

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