struthiocamelinus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek στρουθιοκαμήλινος (strouthiokamḗlinos), from στρουθιοκάμηλος (strouthiokámēlos), from στρουθός (strouthós, “sparrow”) + κάμηλος (kámēlos, “camel”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /struː.tʰi.o.kaˈmeː.li.nus/, [s̠t̪ruːt̪ʰiɔkäˈmeːlʲɪnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /stru.ti.o.kaˈme.li.nus/, [st̪rut̪iokäˈmɛːlinus]
Adjective
strūthiocamēlinus (feminine strūthiocamēlina, neuter strūthiocamēlinum); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to an ostrich
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Related terms
References
- “struthiocamelinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- struthiocamelinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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