albicilla

Latin

Etymology

From albus (“white”) + New Latin cilla (“tail”).

Noun

albicilla f (genitive albicillae); first declension

1. a white-tailed eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla
   • 1713, John Ray, Synopsis methodica avium & piscium page 7, number 5:

     Pygargus, Albicilla Gazæ, quibusdam Hinnularia.

     Pygargus, for Gaza [called] albicilla, for certain people Hinnularia.

   • 1551 – 1558, Conrad Gessner, Historia animalium page 199, lines 30-31:.

     Pygargus (ab albicante cauda dicitur, ac si albicillam nomines, ut Gaza de suo addit)

     Pygargus (one says because of its whitening tail, just as if you'd call it albicilla, as Gaza adds on his own accord

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	albicilla	albicillae
Genitive	albicillae	albicillārum
Dative	albicillae	albicillīs
Accusative	albicillam	albicillās
Ablative	albicillā	albicillīs
Vocative	albicilla	albicillae

Descendants

• Translingual: Haliaeetus albicilla

Adjective

albicilla

1. inflection of albicillus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

albicillā

1. ablative feminine singular of albicillus

Further reading

• albicilla 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)