psittacus

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Latin

psittacus (a parrot)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψιττακός (psittakós).

Pronunciation

Noun

psittacus m (genitive psittacī); second declension

  1. A parrot (bird)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

  • German: Sittich

References

  • psittacus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • psittacus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • psittacus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.