carduelis
See also: Carduelis
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From carduus (“wild thistle, artichoke”). Goldfinches commonly eat thistle seeds and use thistle down as nest material, and are as such commonly named after this plant; compare English thistlefinch, Dutch distelvink.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kar.duˈeː.lis/, [kärd̪uˈeːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kar.duˈe.lis/, [kärd̪uˈɛːlis]
Noun edit
carduēlis f (genitive carduēlis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | carduēlis | carduēlēs |
| Genitive | carduēlis | carduēlium |
| Dative | carduēlī | carduēlibus |
| Accusative | carduēlem | carduēlēs carduēlīs |
| Ablative | carduēle | carduēlibus |
| Vocative | carduēlis | carduēlēs |
Descendants edit
- Translingual: Carduelis
References edit
- “carduelis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press