cypselus

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κύψελος (kúpselos).

Pronunciation

Noun

cypselus m (genitive cypselī); second declension

  1. A kind of swallow, maybe the swift

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cypselus cypselī
genitive cypselī cypselōrum
dative cypselō cypselīs
accusative cypselum cypselōs
ablative cypselō cypselīs
vocative cypsele cypselī

References

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