merula

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Italic *meselā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ems- (“black, blackbird”). If such a term existed, see also Breton moualch (“ouzel”), Welsh mwyalch (“blackbird, thrush”), German Amsel, English ouzel.

Pronunciation

Noun

merula f (genitive merulae); first declension

  1. blackbird
  2. wrasse

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative merula merulae
Genitive merulae merulārum
Dative merulae merulīs
Accusative merulam merulās
Ablative merulā merulīs
Vocative merula merulae

Descendants

References
  • “merula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “merula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • merula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • merula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “merula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “merula”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • “merula”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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