maslardus
Latin
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old French maslard, malard (“drake”), from masle (“male”) + -ard. Cognate with English mallard.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /masˈlar.dus/, [mäzˈlärd̪us]
Noun
[edit]maslardus m (genitive maslardī); second declension (Medieval Latin)
- (ornithology) drake
- 13th century, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, De arte venandi cum avibus, liber VI, 2:
- Maslardos vero dicimus masculos anatum […]
- Indeed we shall call male ducks ‘drakes’ […]
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
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