icterus
See also: Icterus
English
Etymology
From the Latin icterus, from the Ancient Greek ἴκτερος (íkteros, “jaundice”).
Noun
icterus (uncountable)
Derived terms
Translations
Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek ἴκτερος (íkteros, “jaundice”, “a bird of a yellowish-green colour, perhaps the golden oriole”), of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly related to ἴκτις (íktis, “weasel”), ἴκτινος (íktinos), or of Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈik.te.rus/, [ˈɪkt̪ɛrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈik.te.rus/, [ˈikt̪erus]
Noun
icterus m (genitive icterī); second declension
- a yellow bird, otherwise unknown, the sight of which was said to cure jaundice; perhaps loriot, golden oriole
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | icterus | icterī |
Genitive | icterī | icterōrum |
Dative | icterō | icterīs |
Accusative | icterum | icterōs |
Ablative | icterō | icterīs |
Vocative | ictere | icterī |
References
- “ictĕrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ictĕrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 765/1.
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