luscinia

See also: Luscinia

Latin

Alternative forms

luscinius

Etymology

Possibly from luscus (“one-eyed”) + canō (“sing”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫʊsˈkɪ.ni.a]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [luʃˈʃiː.ni.a]

Noun

luscinia f (genitive lusciniae); first declension

nightingale

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	luscinia	lusciniae
genitive	lusciniae	lusciniārum
dative	lusciniae	lusciniīs
accusative	lusciniam	lusciniās
ablative	lusciniā	lusciniīs
vocative	luscinia	lusciniae

Derived terms

lusciniola

Descendants

Italian: usignolo
Old French: losseignol, lourseignos
Old Occitan: rossinhol
- Catalan: rossinyol
- → French: rossignol
- Occitan: rossinhòl
- → Old Galician-Portuguese:
  - Galician: reiseñor, rousinol, roixiñol, reixinol, reissenhor, roussinol, rouxinol (reintegrationist)
  - Portuguese: rouxinol
- → Spanish: ruiseñor
  - → Ladin: rusignûl
Romansch: luschaina

References

“luscinia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“luscinia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
luscinia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.