pygargus

English

Etymology

Latin pygargus

Noun

pygargus

1. Alternative form of pygarg

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πῡ́γᾰργος (pū́gargos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pyːˈɡar.ɡus/, [pyːˈɡärɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /piˈɡar.ɡus/, [piˈɡärɡus]

Noun

pȳgargus m (genitive pȳgargī); second declension

1. addax (antelope with a white rump)
2. A kind of eagle, harrier, or other raptor, perhaps Circus cyaneus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pȳgargus	pȳgargī
Genitive	pȳgargī	pȳgargōrum
Dative	pȳgargō	pȳgargīs
Accusative	pȳgargum	pȳgargōs
Ablative	pȳgargō	pȳgargīs
Vocative	pȳgarge	pȳgargī

Descendants

• → Catalan: pigarg

References

• “pygargus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pygargus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pygargus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.