hirundo

hirundo

See also: Hirundo

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin hirundō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hiˈrundo]
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• Rhymes: -undo
• Hyphenation: hi‧run‧do

Noun

hirundo (accusative singular hirundon, plural hirundoj, accusative plural hirundojn)

1. swallow (bird)

Hyponyms

• hirundido (“young swallow”)
• hirundino (“female swallow”)

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto hirundo, Latin hirundō, French hirondelle, Italian irondine, Spanish golondrina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hiˈrun.do/

Noun

hirundo (plural hirundi)

1. swallow (bird)

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Latin

Etymology

Possibly related to hirrio due to its sound, or related to harundo because of its forked tail. Compare Ancient Greek χελῑδών (khelīdṓn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /hiˈrun.doː/, [hɪˈrʊn̪d̪oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈrun.do/, [iˈrun̪d̪o]

Noun

hirundō f (genitive hirundinis); third declension

1. swallow (bird)
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.853-854:

     Fallimur, an vēris praenūntia venit hirundō
     nec metuit, nē quā versa recurrat hiems?

     Am I mistaken, or has the swallow come, the herald of spring,
     and does she not fear winter will turn and come again?

1. flying fish (sea-swallow)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hirundō	hirundinēs
Genitive	hirundinis	hirundinum
Dative	hirundinī	hirundinibus
Accusative	hirundinem	hirundinēs
Ablative	hirundine	hirundinibus
Vocative	hirundō	hirundinēs

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: alãndurã, lãndurã, rãndurã
  • Romanian: rândunea, rândunică
• Dalmatian:
  • rondaina
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: rondine, irondine
  • Sicilian: rìndina, rìnnina
• North-Italian:
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Ligurian: rondanìnn-a, róndoa, rondana
    • Lombard: rondena, róndola, rondanena, rondanina
    • Piedmontese: ràndola, ròndola, róndola, róndora, randolina, rondorina, riondora, rondanina
  • Romansch: randulina, hirondella, irundeala
  • Venetian: róndena
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: aronde, arondelle
    • French: aronde
  • Norman: héthonde
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: oreneta, oroneta, oronella
  • Old Occitan: irunda, ironda, irondela
    • Occitan: ironda, randoleta
    • → French: hirondelle
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Leonese: *andorina
    • Asturian andarina, alandrina, andolina
    • Leonese andolina
    • Mirandese andorina
  • Old Portuguese: andorỹa, andorinna
    • Galician: anduriña, andoriña
    • Portuguese: andorinha
  • Old Spanish: golondrina
    • Spanish: golondrina, andorina
• Sardinian:
  • arrùndini
• Borrowings:
  • → Esperanto: hirundo

References

• “hirundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hirundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hirundo 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)
• hirundo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette