motacilla

See also: Motacilla

Latin

Etymology

Unknown.[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /moː.taˈkil.la/, [moːt̪äˈkɪlːʲä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mo.taˈt͡ʃil.la/, [mot̪äˈt͡ʃilːä]

Noun

mōtacilla f (genitive mōtacillae); first declension

A kind of wagtail

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mōtacilla	mōtacillae
Genitive	mōtacillae	mōtacillārum
Dative	mōtacillae	mōtacillīs
Accusative	mōtacillam	mōtacillās
Ablative	mōtacillā	mōtacillīs
Vocative	mōtacilla	mōtacillae

Descendants

Translingual: Motacilla

References

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

Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “motacilla”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 115

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