struthiocamelus
See also: Struthio camelus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek στρουθοκᾰ́μηλος (strouthokắmēlos), from στρουθός (strouthós, “sparrow”) + κάμηλος (kámēlos, “camel”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [struː.tʰi.ɔ.kaˈmeː.ɫʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [st̪ru.t̪i.o.kaˈmɛː.lus]
Noun
strūthiocamēlus m (genitive strūthiocamēlī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Synonyms
- (ostrich): strūthiō
Related terms
Descendants
- Translingual: Struthio camelus
References
- “struthiocamelus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- struthiocamelus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.