sparverius

Epithet name used by Linnaeus. Variant of previous (e)spervarius, (e)sperverius, (e)sprevarius, (e)sperverus, a Latinization of Old French esprevier (“sparrowhawk”) (ancestor of French épervier), ultimately from Germanic *sparwô (“sparrow”)) + a second element that is either from Latin -ārius or Germanic *arô (“eagle”). Linnaeus's spelling with sparv- was possibly influenced by Swedish sparv (“sparrow”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sparˈu̯e.ri.us/, [s̠pärˈu̯ɛriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sparˈve.ri.us/, [spärˈvɛːrius]

sparverius (feminine sparveria, neuter sparverium); first/second-declension adjective

1. (New Latin) sparrow-like

   Synonym: passerīnus

• Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus normally in the nominative singular; other inflections may be theoretical or rarely found.

First/second-declension adjective.

• Falco sparverius

• sparvarius 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)
• spervarius 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)
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne (eds.) Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources (British Academy: Oxford, 1975–2013). spervarius