oniscus

See also: Oniscus

Latin

Alternative forms

• oniscos

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀνίσκος (onískos), diminutive of ὄνος (ónos, “donkey, ass”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oˈnis.kus/, [ɔˈnɪs̠kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈnis.kus/, [oˈniskus]

Noun

oniscus m (genitive oniscī); second declension

1. woodlouse

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	oniscus	oniscī
genitive	oniscī	oniscōrum
dative	oniscō	oniscīs
accusative	oniscum	oniscōs
ablative	oniscō	oniscīs
vocative	onisce	oniscī

Descendants

• Italian: onisco
• Translingual: Oniscus

References

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