caprimulgus

See also: Caprimulgus

Latin

Etymology

From caper (“goat”) + mulgeō (“I milk”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.priˈmul.ɡus/, [ka.prɪˈmʊɫ.ɡʊs]

Noun

caprimulgus m (genitive caprimulgī); second declension

  1. a milker of goats.
  2. a nightjar (from the belief that they sucked the milk from goats)

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative caprimulgus caprimulgī
genitive caprimulgī caprimulgōrum
dative caprimulgō caprimulgīs
accusative caprimulgum caprimulgōs
ablative caprimulgō caprimulgīs
vocative caprimulge caprimulgī

Descendants

References

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