erinaceus

See also: Erinaceus

Latin

Alternative forms

• hērīnāceus

Etymology

Possibly ēris (“hedgehog”) +‎ -āceus, but according to De Vaan the least problematic nominative form is ēr.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eː.riˈnaː.ke.us/, [eːrɪˈnäːkeʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.riˈna.t͡ʃe.us/, [eriˈnäːt͡ʃeus]

Noun

ērīnāceus m (genitive ērīnāceī); second declension

1. a hedgehog

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ērīnāceus	ērīnāceī
Genitive	ērīnāceī	ērīnāceōrum
Dative	ērīnāceō	ērīnāceīs
Accusative	ērīnāceum	ērīnāceōs
Ablative	ērīnāceō	ērīnāceīs
Vocative	ērīnācee	ērīnāceī

Related terms

• ērīcius

Descendants

• English: erinaceous
• Esperanto: erinaco

References

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