buteo

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English

Etymology

From the genus name Buteo, from Latin būteō.

Noun

buteo (plural buteos)

  1. Any of the broad-winged soaring raptors of the genus Buteo.
    • 1988 February 5, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader‎:
      In flight, it has the broad-winged, wide-tailed look of the buteos, the soaring hawks that are built like small eagles.

Translations

Esperanto

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Etymology

From Latin būteō.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -eo
  • Hyphenation: bu‧te‧o

Noun

buteo (accusative singular buteon, plural buteoj, accusative plural buteojn)

  1. buzzard

Latin

Etymology

Probably imitative of a buzzard or hawk's cry.

Pronunciation

Noun

būteō m (genitive būteōnis); third declension

  1. A sort of hawk or falcon

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative būteō būteōnēs
Genitive būteōnis būteōnum
Dative būteōnī būteōnibus
Accusative būteōnem būteōnēs
Ablative būteōne būteōnibus
Vocative būteō būteōnēs

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References

  • “buteo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • buteo 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)
  • buteo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “buteo”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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