trochilus
See also: Trochilus
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin trochilus (“a kind of small bird”), from Ancient Greek τροχίλος (trokhílos), from τρέχω (trékhō, “to run”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
trochilus (plural trochiluses or trochili)
- (zoology) Any member of the hummingbird genus Trochilus.
- (architecture) An annular moulding whose section is concave, like the edge of a pulley; a scotia.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “trochilus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τροχίλος (trokhílos), from τρέχω (trékhō).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtro.kʰi.lus/, [ˈt̪rɔkʰɪɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtro.ki.lus/, [ˈt̪rɔːkilus]
Noun edit
trochilus m (genitive trochilī); second declension
- A kind of small bird
- (architecture) trochilus
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | trochilus | trochilī |
Genitive | trochilī | trochilōrum |
Dative | trochilō | trochilīs |
Accusative | trochilum | trochilōs |
Ablative | trochilō | trochilīs |
Vocative | trochile | trochilī |
References edit
- “trochilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- trochilus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.