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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἱμαντόπους (himantópous, “thong foot”), from ἱμάς (himás, “leathern strap”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).
Pronunciation
Noun
himantopūs m (genitive himantopodis); third declension
- A kind of bird with long legs
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “hĭmantŏpūs”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hĭmantŏpūs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 747.
- himantopūs in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- “himantopūs” in volume 6, part 3, column 2791, line 14 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present