pipizo

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πιππίζων (pippízōn, “chirping one”), the present active participle of πιππίζω (pippízō, “to pipe, cheep, or chirp like young birds”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /piːˈpiz.zoː/, [piːˈpɪz̪d̪͡z̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /piˈpid.d͡zo/, [piˈpid̪ː͡z̪o]

Noun

pīpizō m (genitive pīpizōnis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) the young of the crane

Declension

Third-declension noun

	singular	plural
nominative	pīpizō	pīpizōnēs
genitive	pīpizōnis	pīpizōnum
dative	pīpizōnī	pīpizōnibus
accusative	pīpizōnem	pīpizōnēs
ablative	pīpizōne	pīpizōnibus
vocative	pīpizō	pīpizōnēs

See also

• grūs

References

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