lusciniola
Latin
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /lus.kiˈni.o.la/, [ɫ̪ʊs̠kɪˈniɔɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /luʃ.ʃiˈni.o.la/, [luʃːiˈniːolä]
Noun
editlusciniola f (genitive lusciniolae); first declension
- diminutive of luscinia (“nightingale”)
- 116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Agricultural Topics 3.5.14:
- Intra retem aves sunt omnigenus, maxime cantrices, ut lusciniolae ac merulae
- Within the nettings are all kinds of birds, chiefly songbirds, such as nightingales and blackbirds
- Intra retem aves sunt omnigenus, maxime cantrices, ut lusciniolae ac merulae
References
edit- lusciniola in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 928b.
- “lusciniola”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press