attagen

English

Alternative forms

attagas

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin attagēn.

Noun

attagen (plural attagens)

(obsolete) A grey partridge (Perdix perdix) of Eurasia.
(obsolete) A Pallas's sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus) of Central Asia and occurring as a vagrant in Europe.

Latin

Alternative forms

attagēna

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ττᾰγήν (attagḗn).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈat.ta.ɡeːn/, [ˈät̪ːäɡeːn]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈat.ta.d͡ʒen/, [ˈät̪ːäd͡ʒen]

Noun

attagēn m (genitive attagēnis); third declension

A type of ground bird, probably a partridge or francolin.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	attagēn	attagēnēs
Genitive	attagēnis	attagēnum
Dative	attagēnī	attagēnibus
Accusative	attagēnem	attagēnēs
Ablative	attagēne	attagēnibus
Vocative	attagēn	attagēnēs

Descendants

English: attagen

References

“attagen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“attagen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
attagen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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