dasypus

See also: Dasypus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δασύπους (dasúpous, “rough-foot”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈda.sy.puːs/, [ˈd̪äs̠ʏpuːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.si.pus/, [ˈd̪äːs̬ipus]

Noun

dasypūs m (genitive dasypodis); third declension

1. a kind of rabbit

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dasypūs	dasypodēs
Genitive	dasypodis	dasypodum
Dative	dasypodī	dasypodibus
Accusative	dasypodem	dasypodēs
Ablative	dasypode	dasypodibus
Vocative	dasypūs	dasypodēs

See also

• cunīculus
• lepus

References

• “dasypus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dasypus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.