cerceris

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κέρκηρις (kérkēris).

Pronunciation

Noun

cercēris f (genitive cercēris); third declension

  1. An unknown kind of bird

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

References

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