struthiocamelinus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek στρουθιοκαμήλινος (strouthiokamḗlinos), from στρουθιοκάμηλος (strouthiokámēlos), from στρουθός (strouthós, “sparrow”) + κάμηλος (kámēlos, “camel”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [struː.tʰi.ɔ.kaˈmeː.lɪ.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [st̪ru.t̪i.o.kaˈmɛː.li.nus]
Adjective
strūthiocamēlinus (feminine strūthiocamēlina, neuter strūthiocamēlinum); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to an ostrich
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Related terms
References
- “struthiocamelinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- struthiocamelinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.