trochilus
See also: Trochilus
English
Etymology
From Latin trochilus (“a kind of small bird”), from Ancient Greek τροχίλος (trokhílos), from τρέχω (trékhō, “to run”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɹɒkɪləs/
Noun
trochilus (plural trochiluses or trochili)
- (zoology) Any member of the hummingbird genus Trochilus.
- (architecture) An annular moulding whose section is concave, like the edge of a pulley; a scotia.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “trochilus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τροχίλος (trokhílos), from τρέχω (trékhō).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtro.kʰi.lus/, [ˈt̪rɔkʰɪɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtro.ki.lus/, [ˈt̪rɔːkilus]
Noun
trochilus m (genitive trochilī); second declension
- A kind of small bird
- (architecture) trochilus
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | trochilus | trochilī |
| Genitive | trochilī | trochilōrum |
| Dative | trochilō | trochilīs |
| Accusative | trochilum | trochilōs |
| Ablative | trochilō | trochilīs |
| Vocative | trochile | trochilī |
References
- “trochilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- trochilus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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