circanea

Latin

Etymology

From circus (“circle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kirkˈnaː.e.a/, [kɪrkˈnäːeä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃirkˈna.e.a/, [t͡ʃirkˈnäːeä]

Noun

circānea f (genitive circāneae); first declension

1. A bird so named for its circular flight

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	circānea	circāneae
Genitive	circāneae	circāneārum
Dative	circāneae	circāneīs
Accusative	circāneam	circāneās
Ablative	circāneā	circāneīs
Vocative	circānea	circāneae

References

• “circanea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press