ortyx

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄρτυξ (órtux).

Pronunciation

Noun

ortyx f (genitive ortygis); third declension (uncommon)

  1. quail
    Synonyms: cōturnīx, quaccola
  2. waybread, plantain
    Synonym: plantāgō

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ortyx ortygēs
Genitive ortygis ortygum
Dative ortygī ortygibus
Accusative ortygem ortygēs
Ablative ortyge ortygibus
Vocative ortyx ortygēs

References

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