albicilla
Latin
Etymology
From albus (“white”) + New Latin cilla (“tail”).
Noun
albicilla f (genitive albicillae); first declension
- a white-tailed eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla
- 1713, John Ray, Synopsis methodica avium & piscium page 7, number 5:[1]
- Pygargus, Albicilla Gazæ, quibusdam Hinnularia.
- Pygargus, for Gaza [called] albicilla, for certain people Hinnularia.
- Pygargus, Albicilla Gazæ, quibusdam Hinnularia.
- 1551 – 1558, Conrad Gessner, Historia animalium page 199, lines 30-31:[2].
- Pygargus (ab albicante cauda dicitur, ac si albicillam nomines, ut Gaza de suo addit)
- Pygargus (one says because of it's whitening tail, just as if you'd call it albicilla, as Gaza adds on his own accord
- Pygargus (ab albicante cauda dicitur, ac si albicillam nomines, ut Gaza de suo addit)
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | albicilla | albicillae |
Genitive | albicillae | albicillārum |
Dative | albicillae | albicillīs |
Accusative | albicillam | albicillās |
Ablative | albicillā | albicillīs |
Vocative | albicilla | albicillae |
Descendants
- Translingual: Haliaeetus albicilla
Adjective
albicilla
- inflection of albicillus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Adjective
albicillā
- ablative feminine singular of albicillus
References
- https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127717#page/29/mode/1up
- https://images.sub.uni-goettingen.de/iiif/image/gdz:PPN472755714:00000233/full/full/0/default.jpg
Further reading
- albicilla in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)