callithrix

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καλλίθριξ (kallíthrix).

Noun

callithrix f (genitive callithrichis); third declension

  1. waterwort (Asplenium trichomanes)
  2. An Ethiopian monkey (or some such animal)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative callithrix callithrichēs
genitive callithrichis
callithrichos
callitrichos
callithricis
callitrichis
callithrichum
dative callithrichī callithrichibus
accusative callithrichem callithrichēs
ablative callithriche callithrichibus
vocative callithrix callithrichēs

References

  • callithrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • callithrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.