hircus

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Translingual [edit]

Etymology [edit]

New Latin, from Latin hircus (“goat”)

Noun [edit]

hircus

  1. Used attributively as a species epithet

Latin [edit]

Noun [edit]

hircus (genitive hircī); m, second declension

  1. a male goat
  2. (by extension) the rank smell of the armpits
  3. (figuratively) a filthy person

Descendants [edit]

Inflection [edit]

Number Singular Plural
nominative hircus hircī
genitive hircī hircōrum
dative hircō hircīs
accusative hircum hircōs
ablative hircō hircīs
vocative hirce hircī

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References [edit]

  • hircus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
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