pygargus

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English

Etymology

From Latin pygargus.

Noun

pygargus

  1. Alternative form of pygarg

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πῡ́γᾰργος (pū́gargos).

Pronunciation

Noun

pȳgargus m (genitive pȳgargī); second declension

  1. addax (antelope with a white rump)
  2. A kind of eagle, harrier, or other raptor, perhaps Circus cyaneus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative pȳgargus pȳgargī
genitive pȳgargī pȳgargōrum
dative pȳgargō pȳgargīs
accusative pȳgargum pȳgargōs
ablative pȳgargō pȳgargīs
vocative pȳgarge pȳgargī

Descendants

  • → Catalan: pigarg

References

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