motacilla
See also: Motacilla
Latin
Etymology
Unknown[1].
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /moː.taˈkil.la/, [moː.taˈkɪl.la]
Noun
mōtacilla f (genitive mōtacillae); first declension
- A kind of wagtail
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mōtacilla | mōtacillae |
| Genitive | mōtacillae | mōtacillārum |
| Dative | mōtacillae | mōtacillīs |
| Accusative | mōtacillam | mōtacillās |
| Ablative | mōtacillā | mōtacillīs |
| Vocative | mōtacilla | mōtacillae |
Descendants
- Translingual: Motacilla
References
- motacilla in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- motacilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “motacilla”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 115