meleagris

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μελεαγρίς (meleagrís, “Numida meleagris”).

Noun

meleāgris f (genitive meleāgridis); third declension

  1. turkey, guinea fowl

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative meleāgris meleāgridēs
genitive meleāgridis meleāgridum
dative meleāgridī meleāgridibus
accusative meleāgridem meleāgridēs
ablative meleāgride meleāgridibus
vocative meleāgris meleāgridēs

Derived terms

References

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