alcedo

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Etymology

Derived from Latin alcēdō, from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn).

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  • Rhymes: -edo
  • Hyphenation: al‧ce‧do

Noun

alcedo (accusative singular alcedon, plural alcedoj, accusative plural alcedojn)

  1. halcyon, kingfisher
    Synonym: alciono

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Latin

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn, “kingfisher”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

Noun

alcēdō f (genitive alcēdinis); third declension

  1. The halcyon; kingfisher.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative alcēdō alcēdinēs
genitive alcēdinis alcēdinum
dative alcēdinī alcēdinibus
accusative alcēdinem alcēdinēs
ablative alcēdine alcēdinibus
vocative alcēdō alcēdinēs

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Descendants

  • → Esperanto: alcedo
  • → Spanish: alcedón (learned)

References

  • “alcedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • alcedo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • alcedo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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