lagopus

See also: Lagopus

English

Etymology

From the Latin lagōpūs, from the Ancient Greek λαγώπους (lagṓpous), from λαγώς (lagṓs, hare) + πούς (poús, foot); compare lagopod, lagopode. The bird was given this name because its feet resemble those of a hare.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: ləgōʹpəs, IPA(key): /ləˈɡəʊpəs/
  • Homophone: lagopous

Noun

lagopus (plural lagopodes)

  1. (obsolete) The ptarmigan.

References

  • †Lago·pus” listed on page 28 of volume VI, part I (L, M) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1908]
      †Lago·pus.Obs. [a. L. lagōpūs, Gr. λαγώπους, f. λαγώς hare + πούς foot.] A bird with a foot resembling that of a hare; the ptarmigan. [¶] 1693 Sir T. P. Blount Nat. Hist. 385 Some..Birds..live upon the highest tops of the Alps, and that all the winter too..as..the Lagopus among birds. 1773 Barrington in Phil. Trans. LXIII. 224 The Lagopus, of which M. de Buffon gives an engraving, is in its winter plumage.
  • †laˈgopus” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λαγώπους (lagṓpous), from λαγώς (lagṓs, hare) + πούς (poús, foot).

Pronunciation

Noun

lagōpūs f (genitive lagōpodis); third declension

  1. ptarmigan (a bird)
  2. hare's-foot (a herb)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lagōpūs lagōpodēs
Genitive lagōpodis lagōpodum
Dative lagōpodī lagōpodibus
Accusative lagōpodem lagōpodēs
Ablative lagōpode lagōpodibus
Vocative lagōpūs lagōpodēs

References

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