meleagris

See also: Meleagris

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μελεαγρίς (meleagrís, “Numida meleagris”).

Noun

meleāgris f (genitive meleāgridis); third declension

1. turkey, guinea fowl

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	meleāgris	meleāgridēs
genitive	meleāgridis	meleāgridum
dative	meleāgridī	meleāgridibus
accusative	meleāgridem	meleāgridēs
ablative	meleāgride	meleāgridibus
vocative	meleāgris	meleāgridēs

Derived terms

• Fritillaria meleagris
• Numida meleagris

References

• “meleagris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• meleagris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.