phoenicurus

See also: Phoenicurus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φοινίκουρος (phoiníkouros, “red tail”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pʰoe̯.niːˈkuː.rus/, [pʰoe̯niːˈkuːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fe.niˈku.rus/, [feniˈkuːrus]

Noun

phoenīcūrus m (genitive phoenīcūrī); second declension

1. redstart

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	phoenīcūrus	phoenīcūrī
genitive	phoenīcūrī	phoenīcūrōrum
dative	phoenīcūrō	phoenīcūrīs
accusative	phoenīcūrum	phoenīcūrōs
ablative	phoenīcūrō	phoenīcūrīs
vocative	phoenīcūre	phoenīcūrī

Descendants

• Translingual: Phoenicurus

References

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