motacilla
See also: Motacilla
Latin
Etymology
Unknown.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [moː.taˈkɪl.la]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [mo.t̪aˈt͡ʃil.la]
Noun
mōtacilla f (genitive mōtacillae); first declension
- A kind of wagtail
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mōtacilla | mōtacillae |
| genitive | mōtacillae | mōtacillārum |
| dative | mōtacillae | mōtacillīs |
| accusative | mōtacillam | mōtacillās |
| ablative | mōtacillā | mōtacillīs |
| vocative | mōtacilla | mōtacillae |
Descendants
- Translingual: Motacilla
References
- “motacilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- motacilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “motacilla”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 115