attagen

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin attagēn.

Noun

attagen (plural attagens)

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

Latin

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ττᾰγήν (attagḗn).

Pronunciation

Noun

attagēn m (genitive attagēnis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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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