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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὄρτυξ (órtux).
Pronunciation
Noun
ortyx f (genitive ortygis); third declension (uncommon)
- quail
- Synonyms: cōturnīx, quaccola
- waybread, plantain
- Synonym: plantāgō
Declension
Third-declension noun.
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.