oniscus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀνίσκος (onískos), diminutive of ὄνος (ónos, “donkey, ass”).

Pronunciation

Noun

oniscus m (genitive oniscī); second declension

  1. woodlouse

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative oniscus oniscī
Genitive oniscī oniscōrum
Dative oniscō oniscīs
Accusative oniscum oniscōs
Ablative oniscō oniscīs
Vocative onisce oniscī

Descendants

  • Italian: onisco
  • Translingual: Oniscus

References

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