melanaetos

melanaetos

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /me.laˈnae̯.tos/, [mɛɫ̪äˈnäe̯t̪ɔs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.laˈne.tos/, [meläˈnɛːt̪os]

Noun

melanaetos f (genitive melanaetī); second declension

1. the black eagle; a small species of eagle
   • 23 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 10.3.3:

     sex earum genera. melanaetos a Graecis dicta, eadem leporaria, minima magnitudine, viribus praecipua, colore nigricans...

     There are six different kinds; the one called "melanaetos" by the Greeks, and "valeria" in our language, the least in size of them all, but the most remarkable for its strength, is of a blackish colour.

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	melanaetos	melanaetī
Genitive	melanaetī	melanaetōrum
Dative	melanaetō	melanaetīs
Accusative	melanaeton	melanaetōs
Ablative	melanaetō	melanaetīs
Vocative	melanaete	melanaetī

References

• “melanaetos”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• melanaetos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette