melanaetos

Latin

Etymology

μέλᾱς (mélās) + ἀετός (aetós)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /me.laˈnae̯.tos/, [mɛɫ̪äˈnäe̯t̪ɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.laˈne.tos/, [meläˈnɛːt̪os]

Noun

melanaetos f (genitive melanaetī); second declension

1. (Greek) the black eagle; a small species of eagle
   • 23 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 10.3.3:

     sex earum genera. melanaetos a Graecis dicta, eadem leporaria, minima magnitudine, viribus praecipua, colore nigricans [...]

     There are six different kinds; the one called "melanaetos", from the Greeks, as well as "leporaria", is the least in size of them all, but the most remarkable for its strength. It is of a blackish colour [...]

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	melanaetos	melanaetī
Genitive	melanaetī	melanaetōrum
Dative	melanaetō	melanaetīs
Accusative	melanaeton	melanaetōs
Ablative	melanaetō	melanaetīs
Vocative	melanaete	melanaetī

References

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