hyaena

See also: Hyaena and hyæna

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Noun

hyaena (plural hyaenas or hyaenae)

  1. Alternative spelling of hyena.

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *sew-?
    Proto-Indo-European *sewH-?
    Proto-Indo-European *suH-
    Proto-Hellenic *hūs
    Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs)
    Ancient Greek -αινα (-aina)
    Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina)bor.
    Latin hyaena

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    hyaena f (genitive hyaenae); first declension

    1. hyena
      Synonym: (Late Latin) belbus

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative hyaena hyaenae
    genitive hyaenae hyaenārum
    dative hyaenae hyaenīs
    accusative hyaenam hyaenās
    ablative hyaenā hyaenīs
    vocative hyaena hyaenae

    References

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