passerinus
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pas.seˈriː.nus/, [päs̠ːɛˈriːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pas.seˈri.nus/, [päsːeˈriːnus]
Adjective
[edit]passerīnus (feminine passerīna, neuter passerīnum); first/second-declension adjective
- of or fit for a sparrow
- (New Latin) sparrow-like
- Synonym: sparverius
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | passerīnus | passerīna | passerīnum | passerīnī | passerīnae | passerīna | |
genitive | passerīnī | passerīnae | passerīnī | passerīnōrum | passerīnārum | passerīnōrum | |
dative | passerīnō | passerīnae | passerīnō | passerīnīs | |||
accusative | passerīnum | passerīnam | passerīnum | passerīnōs | passerīnās | passerīna | |
ablative | passerīnō | passerīnā | passerīnō | passerīnīs | |||
vocative | passerīne | passerīna | passerīnum | passerīnī | passerīnae | passerīna |
Derived terms
[edit]- Analges passerinus
- Cacomantis passerinus
- Columbina passerina
- Forpus passerinus
- Glaucidium passerinum
- Veniliornis passerinus
References
[edit]- “passerinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- passerinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.