struthiocamelus
See also: Struthio camelus
Latin
strūthiocamēlī (ostriches)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek στρουθιοκάμηλος (strouthiokámēlos), from στρουθός (strouthós, “sparrow”) + κάμηλος (kámēlos, “camel”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /struː.tʰi.o.kaˈmeː.lus/, [s̠t̪ruːt̪ʰiɔkäˈmeːɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /stru.ti.o.kaˈme.lus/, [st̪rut̪iokäˈmɛːlus]
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Synonyms
- (ostrich): strūthiō
Related terms
Descendants
- Translingual: Struthio camelus
References
- “struthiocamelus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- struthiocamelus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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