scolopax

See also: Scolopax

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκολόπαξ (skolópax).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsko.lo.paks/, [ˈs̠kɔɫ̪ɔpäks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsko.lo.paks/, [ˈskɔːlopäks]

Noun

scolopax f (genitive scolopacis); third declension

1. woodcock

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	scolopax	scolopacēs
genitive	scolopacis	scolopacum
dative	scolopacī	scolopacibus
accusative	scolopacem	scolopacēs
ablative	scolopace	scolopacibus
vocative	scolopax	scolopacēs

Descendants

• Translingual: Scolopax

References

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