melanaetos
Latin
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /me.laˈnae̯.tos/, [mɛɫ̪äˈnäe̯t̪ɔs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /me.laˈne.tos/, [meläˈnɛːt̪os]
Noun
editmelanaetos f (genitive melanaetī); second declension
- (Greek) the black eagle; a small species of eagle
- 23 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 10.3.3:
- sex earum genera. melanaetos a Graecis dicta, eadem leporaria, minima magnitudine, viribus praecipua, colore nigricans [...]
- There are six different kinds; the one called "melanaetos", from the Greeks, as well as "leporaria", is the least in size of them all, but the most remarkable for its strength. It is of a blackish colour [...]
- sex earum genera. melanaetos a Graecis dicta, eadem leporaria, minima magnitudine, viribus praecipua, colore nigricans [...]
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (Greek-type).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | melanaetos | melanaetī |
Genitive | melanaetī | melanaetōrum |
Dative | melanaetō | melanaetīs |
Accusative | melanaeton | melanaetōs |
Ablative | melanaetō | melanaetīs |
Vocative | melanaete | melanaetī |
References
edit- “melanaetos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- melanaetos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.