perdix

See also: Perdix

Latin

perdīx (partridge)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈper.diːks/, [ˈpɛrd̪iːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.diks/, [ˈpɛrd̪iks]

Noun

perdīx m or f (genitive perdīcis); third declension

1. partridge

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	perdīx	perdīcēs
Genitive	perdīcis	perdīcum
Dative	perdīcī	perdīcibus
Accusative	perdīcem	perdīcēs
Ablative	perdīce	perdīcibus
Vocative	perdīx	perdīcēs

Derived terms

• perdīcālis

Descendants

• Dalmatian: pernaica
• Italian: pernice
  • → Alemannic German: Parniise
• Old French: perdriz, pertriz
  • French: perdrix
  • Norman: pèrdrix
  • Walloon: pietri
  • → Middle Dutch: partrise, patrise
    • Dutch: patrijs (see there for further descendants)
  • → Middle English: partrich (see there for further descendants)
• Navarro-Aragonese:
  • Aragonese: perdiz
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: perdiz
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: perdiu
  • Occitan: pedic, perditz
• Old Galician-Portuguese: perdiz
  • Galician: perdiz
  • Portuguese: perdiz
• Old Spanish:
  • Spanish: perdiz
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: pernîs
  • Romansch: pernisch
• Romagnol: parniz
• Sardinian: padrixi, pardighi, perdiche, perdiga
• Venetian: pernixe, pernixa

See also

• cācabō

References

• “perdix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “perdix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• perdix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “perdix”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “perdix”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “perdix”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray