coturnix

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Latin

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Etymology

Uncertain; from earlier cocturnīx, possibly from Proto-Italic *kwaktrīx and influenced by cōrnīx (“crow”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷóǵ⁽ʰ⁾-tr-ih₂-k-s, from *kʷeǵ⁽ʰ⁾- (“to flee”), cognate with Proto-West Germanic *hwahtlā (“quail”). Doublet of quaccola (“quail”). Perhaps related to Latin conquinīscō (“to crouch down”), Old Norse *hvekka (“to be startled”), Proto-Slavic *čeznǫti (“to disappear”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cō̆turnīx f (genitive cō̆turnīcis); third declension

  1. quail
  2. “quail” (used as a term of endearment)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cō̆turnīx cō̆turnīcēs
genitive cō̆turnīcis cō̆turnīcum
dative cō̆turnīcī cō̆turnīcibus
accusative cō̆turnīcem cō̆turnīcēs
ablative cō̆turnīce cō̆turnīcibus
vocative cō̆turnīx cō̆turnīcēs

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Descendants

References

  • “coturnix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “coturnix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • coturnix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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