perdix

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Latin

perdīx (partridge)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”).

Pronunciation

Noun

perdīx m or f (genitive perdīcis); third declension

  1. partridge

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative perdīx perdīcēs
genitive perdīcis perdīcum
dative perdīcī perdīcibus
accusative perdīcem perdīcēs
ablative perdīce perdīcibus
vocative perdīx perdīcēs

Derived terms

Descendants

(all feminine; /rd/ > /rn/ around Italy by analogy with cōturnīx 'quail')

See also

References

Further reading

  • “perdix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “perdix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • perdix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “perdix”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
  • “perdix”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “perdix”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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