See also: Psittacus

Latin edit

psittacus (a parrot)

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek ψιττακός (psittakós).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

psittacus m (genitive psittacī); second declension

  1. A parrot (bird)

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativepsittacuspsittacī
Genitivepsittacīpsittacōrum
Dativepsittacōpsittacīs
Accusativepsittacumpsittacōs
Ablativepsittacōpsittacīs
Vocativepsittacepsittacī

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • German: Sittich

References edit

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