motacilla

See also: Motacilla

Latin

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /moː.taˈkil.la/, [moːt̪äˈkɪlːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mo.taˈt͡ʃil.la/, [mot̪äˈt͡ʃilːä]

Noun

mōtacilla f (genitive mōtacillae); first declension

1. A kind of wagtail

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mōtacilla	mōtacillae
Genitive	mōtacillae	mōtacillārum
Dative	mōtacillae	mōtacillīs
Accusative	mōtacillam	mōtacillās
Ablative	mōtacillā	mōtacillīs
Vocative	mōtacilla	mōtacillae

Descendants

• Translingual: Motacilla

References

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