callithrix

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek καλλίθριξ (kallíthrix).

Noun[edit]

callithrix f (genitive callithrichis); third declension

  1. waterwort (Asplenium trichomanes)
  2. An Ethiopian monkey (or some such animal)

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative callithrix callithrichēs
Genitive callithrichis
callithrichos
callitrichos
callithricis
callitrichis
callithrichum
Dative callithrichī callithrichibus
Accusative callithrichem callithrichēs
Ablative callithriche callithrichibus
Vocative callithrix callithrichēs

References[edit]

  • callithrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • callithrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.