Otus
See also: otus
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ὦτος (ôtos, “horned or eared owl”).
Proper noun edit
Otus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Strigidae – scops owls, of the Old World.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Strigiformes - order; Strigidae - family; Striginae - subfamily
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Otus scops; for other species see
Otus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies and Wiktionary entries starting with Otus
References edit
Scops owl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Otus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Otus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ὦτος (Ôtos).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈoː.tus/, [ˈoːt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈo.tus/, [ˈɔːt̪us]
Proper noun edit
Ōtus m sg (genitive Ōtī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Ōtus |
| Genitive | Ōtī |
| Dative | Ōtō |
| Accusative | Ōtum |
| Ablative | Ōtō |
| Vocative | Ōte |
References edit
- “Otus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Otus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.