buteo
See also: Buteo
English edit
Etymology edit
From the genus name Buteo, from Latin būteō.
Noun edit
buteo (plural buteos)
- Any of the broad-winged soaring raptors of the genus Buteo.
- 1988 February 5, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- In flight, it has the broad-winged, wide-tailed look of the buteos, the soaring hawks that are built like small eagles.
Translations edit
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Noun edit
buteo (accusative singular buteon, plural buteoj, accusative plural buteojn)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Probably imitative of a buzzard or hawk's cry.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbuː.te.oː/, [ˈbuːt̪eoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbu.te.o/, [ˈbuːt̪eo]
Noun edit
būteō m (genitive būteōnis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | būteō | būteōnēs |
| Genitive | būteōnis | būteōnum |
| Dative | būteōnī | būteōnibus |
| Accusative | būteōnem | būteōnēs |
| Ablative | būteōne | būteōnibus |
| Vocative | būteō | būteōnēs |
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References edit
- “buteo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- buteo 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)
- buteo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “buteo”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray