alcedo

See also: Alcedo

Latin

Alternative forms

• halcēdo

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn, “kingfisher”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /alˈkeː.doː/, [äɫ̪ˈkeːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alˈt͡ʃe.do/, [äl̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛːd̪o]

Noun

alcēdō f (genitive alcēdinis); third declension

1. The halcyon; kingfisher.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alcēdō	alcēdinēs
Genitive	alcēdinis	alcēdinum
Dative	alcēdinī	alcēdinibus
Accusative	alcēdinem	alcēdinēs
Ablative	alcēdine	alcēdinibus
Vocative	alcēdō	alcēdinēs

Synonyms

• (kingfisher, halcyon): alcyōn/halcyōn

Derived terms

• alcedine
• alcēdōnia

Descendants

• Spanish: alcedón

References

• “alcedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• alcedo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• alcedo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.