graculus
See also: Graculus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *grācō + -ulus, from a Proto-Indo-European root *grāk-, related to *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”),[1] ultimately likely onomatopoeic.[2]
Compare Proto-Slavic *grakati (“to croak”) and in the Germanic branch English croak and Old Norse krákr (“crow”), kráka (“raven”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈɡraː.ku.lus/, [ˈɡräːkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡra.ku.lus/, [ˈɡräːkulus]
Noun
[edit]grāculus m (genitive grāculī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | grāculus | grāculī |
| genitive | grāculī | grāculōrum |
| dative | grāculō | grāculīs |
| accusative | grāculum | grāculōs |
| ablative | grāculō | grāculīs |
| vocative | grācule | grāculī |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “grackle”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “grāculus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 268
- “graculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “graculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- graculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.