dasypus
See also: Dasypus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek δασύπους (dasúpous, “rough-foot”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈda.sy.puːs/, [ˈd̪äs̠ʏpuːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈda.si.pus/, [ˈd̪äːs̬ipus]
Noun edit
dasypūs m (genitive dasypodis); third declension
- a kind of rabbit
Declension edit
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 edit
References edit
- “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.