sciurus
See also: Sciurus
Latin
Etymology
Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros, “squirrel”), from σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /skiˈuː.rus/, [s̠kiˈuːrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ʃiˈu.rus/, [ʃiˈuːrus]
Noun
sciūrus m (genitive sciūrī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sciūrus | sciūrī |
| Genitive | sciūrī | sciūrōrum |
| Dative | sciūrō | sciūrīs |
| Accusative | sciūrum | sciūrōs |
| Ablative | sciūrō | sciūrīs |
| Vocative | sciūre | sciūrī |
Descendants
- Aragonese: esquirgüelo
- Asturian: esquilu
- Catalan: esquirol
- English: squirrel
- Esperanto: sciuro
- French: écureuil
- Friulian: sghirate
- Galician: esquío
- Gallo: étchuro
- Italian: scoiattolo
- Maltese: skojjatlu, skwiril
- Portuguese: esquilo
- Romanian: știur
- Spanish: esquilo
- Sicilian: scoiattulu
- Venetian: schirat, schirato
References
- “sciurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sciurus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.