passerinus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pas.seˈriː.nus/, [päs̠ːɛˈriːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pas.seˈri.nus/, [päsːeˈriːnus]
Adjective edit
passerīnus (feminine passerīna, neuter passerīnum); first/second-declension adjective
- of or fit for a sparrow
- (New Latin) sparrow-like
- Synonym: sparverius
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | passerīnus | passerīna | passerīnum | passerīnī | passerīnae | passerīna | |
| Genitive | passerīnī | passerīnae | passerīnī | passerīnōrum | passerīnārum | passerīnōrum | |
| Dative | passerīnō | passerīnō | passerīnīs | ||||
| Accusative | passerīnum | passerīnam | passerīnum | passerīnōs | passerīnās | passerīna | |
| Ablative | passerīnō | passerīnā | passerīnō | passerīnīs | |||
| Vocative | passerīne | passerīna | passerīnum | passerīnī | passerīnae | passerīna | |
Derived terms edit
- Analges passerinus
- Cacomantis passerinus
- Columbina passerina
- Forpus passerinus
- Glaucidium passerinum
- Veniliornis passerinus
References edit
- “passerinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- passerinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.