graculus
See also: Graculus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From *grācō + -ulus. Compare Proto-Slavic *grakati (“to croak”) and in the Germanic branch English croak and Old Norse krákr (“crow”), kráka (“raven”). All can be reconstructed to a root *grāk-, ultimately likely onomatopoeic.[1]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “how can be *greh₂-k- morphologically analyzed”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡraː.ku.lus/, [ˈɡräːkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡra.ku.lus/, [ˈɡräːkulus]
Noun edit
grāculus m (genitive grāculī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | grāculus | grāculī |
| Genitive | grāculī | grāculōrum |
| Dative | grāculō | grāculīs |
| Accusative | grāculum | grāculōs |
| Ablative | grāculō | grāculīs |
| Vocative | grācule | grāculī |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “grāculus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 268
- “graculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “graculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- graculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.