pygargus

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin pygargus

Noun[edit]

pygargus

  1. Alternative form of pygarg

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πῡ́γᾰργος (pū́gargos).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  • Catalan: pigarg

References[edit]

  • 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.