haematopus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἱματόπους (haimatópous), from αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) +‎ πούς (poús, “foot”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hae̯ˈma.to.puːs/, [häe̯ˈmät̪ɔpuːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈma.to.pus/, [eˈmäːt̪opus]

Noun

haematopūs m (genitive haematopodis); third declension

1. A kind of bird. Further details are uncertain. Possibilities include:
   1. the black-winged stilt
   2. the oystercatcher

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	haematopūs	haematopodēs
genitive	haematopodis	haematopodum
dative	haematopodī	haematopodibus
accusative	haematopodem	haematopodēs
ablative	haematopode	haematopodibus
vocative	haematopūs	haematopodēs

References

• “haemătŏpūs”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “haematopūs” in volume 6, part 3, column 2491, line 41 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present