Caecilia

See also: caecilia and Cäcilia

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin caecus (“blind”).

Proper noun

Caecilia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Caeciliidae – common caecilians.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Amphibia – class; Lissamphibia – subclass; Gymnophiona – order; Caeciliidae – family; Caeciliinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Caecilia abitaguae, Caecilia albiventris, Caecilia antioquiaensis, Caecilia armata, Caecilia corpulenta, Caecilia bokermanni, Caecilia caribea, Caecilia crassisquama, Caecilia degenerata, Caecilia disossea, Caecilia dunni, Caecilia flavopunctata, Caecilia gracilis, Caecilia guntheri, Caecilia inca, Caecilia isthmica, Caecilia leucocephala, Caecilia marcusi, Caecilia mertensi, Caecilia nigricans, Caecilia occidentalis, Caecilia orientalis, Caecilia pachynema, Caecilia perdita, Caecilia pressula, Caecilia subdermalis, Caecilia subnigricans, Caecilia subterminalis, Caecilia tentaculata, Caecilia tenuissima, Caecilia thompsoni, Caecilia volcani - species

References

• Caecilia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Caecilia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Caecilia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latin

Etymology

From Caecilius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kae̯ˈki.li.a/, [käe̯ˈkɪlʲiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈt͡ʃi.li.a/, [t͡ʃeˈt͡ʃiːliä]

Proper noun

Caecilia f (genitive Caeciliae, masculine Caecilius); first declension

1. A feminine praenomen.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Caecilia	Caeciliae
genitive	Caeciliae	Caeciliārum
dative	Caeciliae	Caeciliīs
accusative	Caeciliam	Caeciliās
ablative	Caeciliā	Caeciliīs
vocative	Caecilia	Caeciliae

Descendants

• → English: Cecilia
• → French: Cécile
• Galician: Icía