perdix
See also: Perdix
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɛr.diːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɛr.d̪iks]
Noun
perdīx m or f (genitive perdīcis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | perdīx | perdīcēs |
| genitive | perdīcis | perdīcum |
| dative | perdīcī | perdīcibus |
| accusative | perdīcem | perdīcēs |
| ablative | perdīce | perdīcibus |
| vocative | perdīx | perdīcēs |
Derived terms
- perdīcālis
Descendants
(all feminine; /rd/ > /rn/ around Italy by analogy with cōturnīx 'quail')
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Friulian: pernîs
- Piedmontese: perniś
- Romagnol: parniz
- Romansch: pernisch
- Venetan: pernixe, pernixa
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *peturnīcula (see there for further descendants)
See also
References
- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) “pernice”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “pĕrdīx”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 8: Patavia–Pix, page 226
Further reading
- “perdix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “perdix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- perdix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “perdix”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
- “perdix”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “perdix”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray