clisterella

Latin

Etymology

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Cognates and/or descendants possibly include: French crécerelle f and cristel m; Neapolitan castariello m and crestariello m; Middle English castrel, English kestrel.

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /klis.teˈrel.la/, [klist̪eˈrɛlːä]

Noun

clisterella f (genitive clisterellæ); first declension (Medieval Latin)

1. (ornithology, hunting) kestrel
   • 13th century, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, De arte venandi cum avibus, liber I, 49:

     Hoc faciunt precipue ille que dicuntur clisterelle

     This is the habit especially of those called kestrels.

   • 13th century, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, De arte venandi cum avibus, liber I, 50:

     Quedam magis utuntur muribus campestribus, lacertis, ranis, scarabeis, brucis, locustis et similibus, ut ille aves, que dicuntur albani, et ut ille, que dicuntur besardi et clisterele.

     Certain others prefer field mice, lizards, frogs, beetles, grasshoppers, locusts, and the like, including those birds called harriers^{(cf. It. albanella)}, and those called buzzards^{(cf. Fr. busard)} and kestrels.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	clisterella	clisterellæ
genitive	clisterellæ	clisterellārum
dative	clisterellæ	clisterellīs
accusative	clisterellam	clisterellās
ablative	clisterellā	clisterellīs
vocative	clisterella	clisterellæ

Only attested in the nominative pl. with -æ spelt as -e.