Poecile

See also: Pœcile

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ποικῐ́λη (poikĭ́lē), feminine form of ποικίλος (poikílos, “spotted, embroidered”).

Proper noun

Poecile m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Paridae.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Passeriformes – order; Passeri – suborder; Passerida – infraorder; Paridae – family

References

• Poecile on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Poecile on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Poecile on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ποικῐ́λη (poikĭ́lē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpoe̯.ki.leː/, [ˈpoe̯kɪɫ̪eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.t͡ʃi.le/, [ˈpɛːt͡ʃile]

Proper noun

Poecilē f sg (genitive Poecilēs); first declension

1. picture-gallery in the marketplace in Athens
2. Athenian-style gallery at the villa of Hadrian

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Poecilē
genitive	Poecilēs
dative	Poecilae
accusative	Poecilēn
ablative	Poecilē
vocative	Poecilē

References

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