lagopus
See also: Lagopus
English
editEtymology
editFrom the Latin lagōpūs, from the Ancient Greek λαγώπους (lagṓpous), from λαγώς (lagṓs, “hare”) + πούς (poús, “foot”); compare lagopod, lagopode. The bird was given this name because its feet resemble those of a hare.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlagopus (plural lagopodes)
References
edit- “†Lago·pus” listed on page 28 of volume VI, part I (L, M) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1908]
†Lago·pus. Obs. [a. L. lagōpūs, Gr. λαγώπους, f. λαγώς hare + πούς foot.] A bird with a foot resembling that of a hare; the ptarmigan. [¶] 1693 Sir T. P. Blount Nat. Hist. 385 Some..Birds..live upon the highest tops of the Alps, and that all the winter too..as..the Lagopus among birds. 1773 Barrington in Phil. Trans. LXIII. 224 The Lagopus, of which M. de Buffon gives an engraving, is in its winter plumage. - “†laˈgopus” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
Anagrams
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek λαγώπους (lagṓpous), from λαγώς (lagṓs, “hare”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /laˈɡoː.puːs/, [ɫ̪äˈɡoːpuːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /laˈɡo.pus/, [läˈɡɔːpus]
Noun
editlagōpūs f (genitive lagōpodis); third declension
- ptarmigan (a bird)
- hare's-foot (a herb)
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | lagōpūs | lagōpodēs |
Genitive | lagōpodis | lagōpodum |
Dative | lagōpodī | lagōpodibus |
Accusative | lagōpodem | lagōpodēs |
Ablative | lagōpode | lagōpodibus |
Vocative | lagōpūs | lagōpodēs |
References
edit- “lagopus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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