struthiocamelus

See also: Struthio camelus

Latin

strūthiocamēlī (ostriches)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στρουθοκᾰ́μηλος (strouthokámēlos), from στρουθός (strouthós, “sparrow”) + κάμηλος (kámēlos, “camel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /struː.tʰi.o.kaˈmeː.lus/, [s̠t̪ruːt̪ʰiɔkäˈmeːɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /stru.ti.o.kaˈme.lus/, [st̪rut̪iokäˈmɛːlus]

Noun

strūthiocamēlus m (genitive strūthiocamēlī); second declension

1. ostrich

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	strūthiocamēlus	strūthiocamēlī
genitive	strūthiocamēlī	strūthiocamēlōrum
dative	strūthiocamēlō	strūthiocamēlīs
accusative	strūthiocamēlum	strūthiocamēlōs
ablative	strūthiocamēlō	strūthiocamēlīs
vocative	strūthiocamēle	strūthiocamēlī

Synonyms

• (ostrich): strūthiō

Related terms

• strūtheus
• strūthiō
• strūthiocamēlinus

Descendants

• Translingual: Struthio camelus

References

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