alectoria
See also: alectória
English
Etymology
From Latin alectoria, formed from Ancient Greek ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr, “cock”).
Noun
alectoria
Translations
magical stone said to be found in the gizzard of cocks
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Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Feminine substantive of alectorius (“of or pertaining to a cock”), from Ancient Greek ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr, “cock”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /a.lekˈto.ri.a/, [äɫ̪ɛkˈt̪ɔriä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.lekˈto.ri.a/, [älekˈt̪ɔːriä]
Noun
alectoria f (genitive alectoriae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | alectoria | alectoriae |
Genitive | alectoriae | alectoriārum |
Dative | alectoriae | alectoriīs |
Accusative | alectoriam | alectoriās |
Ablative | alectoriā | alectoriīs |
Vocative | alectoria | alectoriae |
References
- “ălectŏrĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- alectoria 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)
- alectoria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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