English
Etymology
Noun
pygargus
- Alternative form of pygarg
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πῡ́γᾰργος (pū́gargos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pyːˈɡar.ɡus/, [pyːˈɡärɡʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /piˈɡar.ɡus/, [piˈɡärɡus]
Noun
pȳgargus m (genitive pȳgargī); second declension
- addax (antelope with a white rump)
- A kind of eagle, harrier, or other raptor, perhaps Circus cyaneus
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pȳgargus | pȳgargī |
| Genitive | pȳgargī | pȳgargōrum |
| Dative | pȳgargō | pȳgargīs |
| Accusative | pȳgargum | pȳgargōs |
| Ablative | pȳgargō | pȳgargīs |
| Vocative | pȳgarge | pȳgargī |
Descendants
- → Catalan: pigarg
References
- “pygargus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pygargus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pygargus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Latin
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals
- en:Birds of prey
- Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
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- Latin 3-syllable words
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- Latin terms spelled with Y
- Latin masculine nouns
- la:Antelopes
- la:Birds of prey