trochilus

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Etymology

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From Latin trochilus (a kind of small bird), from Ancient Greek τροχίλος (trokhílos), from τρέχω (trékhō, to run).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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trochilus (plural trochiluses or trochili)

  1. (zoology) Any member of the hummingbird genus Trochilus.
  2. (architecture) An annular moulding whose section is concave, like the edge of a pulley; a scotia.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for trochilus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek τροχίλος (trokhílos), from τρέχω (trékhō).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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trochilus m (genitive trochilī); second declension

  1. A kind of small bird
  2. (architecture) trochilus

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative trochilus trochilī
Genitive trochilī trochilōrum
Dative trochilō trochilīs
Accusative trochilum trochilōs
Ablative trochilō trochilīs
Vocative trochile trochilī

References

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  • trochilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • trochilus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.