petaurista

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πετευριστήρ (peteuristḗr, “tumbler, acrobat”), from πέτευρον (péteuron, “perch, springboard”), probably from πέτομαι (pétomai, “I fly”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pe.tau̯ˈris.ta/, [pɛt̪äu̯ˈrɪs̠t̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe.tau̯ˈris.ta/, [pet̪äu̯ˈrist̪ä]

Noun

petaurista m (genitive petauristae); first declension

1. an acrobat

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	petaurista	petauristae
Genitive	petauristae	petauristārum
Dative	petauristae	petauristīs
Accusative	petauristam	petauristās
Ablative	petauristā	petauristīs
Vocative	petaurista	petauristae

References

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