graculus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *greh₂-k- (“croak”) (compare English croak, Serbo-Croatian grákati) and diminutive suffix -ulus, hence an interpretation of "the little croaker".
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡraː.ku.lus/, [ˈɡraː.kʊ.ɫʊs]
Noun
grāculus m (genitive graculī); second declension
- jackdaw
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | grāculus | grāculī |
| Genitive | grāculī | grāculōrum |
| Dative | grāculō | grāculīs |
| Accusative | grāculum | grāculōs |
| Ablative | grāculō | grāculīs |
| Vocative | grācule | grāculī |
Derived terms
- grācula
Descendants
- Asturian: grayu
- Catalan: gralla, grall
- English: grackle
- French: grolle
- Galician: gralla
- Italian: gracchia, gracchio, grola (regional)
- Neapolitan: gravulu (Calabrian)
- Occitan: gralha
- Portuguese: gralha, gralho
- Romagnol: gravolo
- Romanian: graur
- Spanish: grajo
References
- graculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- graculus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- graculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette