motacilla
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See also: Motacilla
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /moː.taˈkil.la/, [moːt̪äˈkɪlːʲä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mo.taˈt͡ʃil.la/, [mot̪äˈt͡ʃilːä]
Noun
[edit]mōtacilla f (genitive mōtacillae); first declension
- A kind of wagtail
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mōtacilla | mōtacillae |
| Genitive | mōtacillae | mōtacillārum |
| Dative | mōtacillae | mōtacillīs |
| Accusative | mōtacillam | mōtacillās |
| Ablative | mōtacillā | mōtacillīs |
| Vocative | mōtacilla | mōtacillae |
Descendants
[edit]- Translingual: Motacilla
References
[edit]- “motacilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- motacilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “motacilla”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 115