perdix

See also: Perdix

Latin

perdīx (partridge)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.diːks/, [ˈpɛrd̪iːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.diks/, [ˈpɛrd̪iks]

Noun

perdīx m or f (genitive perdīcis); third declension

1. partridge

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	perdīx	perdīcēs
Genitive	perdīcis	perdīcum
Dative	perdīcī	perdīcibus
Accusative	perdīcem	perdīcēs
Ablative	perdīce	perdīcibus
Vocative	perdīx	perdīcēs

Derived terms

• perdīcālis

Descendants

(all feminine; /rd/ > /rn/ around Italy by analogy with cōturnīx 'quail')

• Dalmatian:
  • pernaica
• Italo-Romance:
  • Old Italian: perdice, pernice
    • Italian: pernice
      • → Alemannic German: Parniise
    • → Franco-Provençal: pernisse, pernis
    • → Old French: pernis
• Padanian:
  • Friulian: pernîs
  • Piedmontese: perniś
  • Romagnol: parniz
  • Romansch: pernisch
  • Venetian: pernixe, pernixa
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: perdiu
  • Old French: perdriz (see there for further descendants)
  • Occitan: pedic, perditz
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: perdiz
  • Asturian: perdiz
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: perdiz (see there for further descendants)
  • Spanish: perdiz
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: perdiche, prediche (Nuorese), perdighe, perdiga (Logudorese), perdixi, padrixi, pardighi (Campidanese)
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *peturnīcula (see there for further descendants)

See also

• cācabō

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) “pernice”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “pĕrdīx”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 8: Patavia–Pix, page 226

Further reading

• “perdix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “perdix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• perdix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “perdix”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “perdix”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “perdix”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray