graculus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *greh₂-k- (“croak”) (compare English croak, Serbo-Croatian grákati) and diminutive suffix -ulus, hence an interpretation of "the little croaker".

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡraː.ku.lus/, [ˈɡraː.kʊ.ɫʊs]

Noun

grāculus m (genitive graculī); second declension

jackdaw

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	grāculus	grāculī
genitive	grāculī	grāculōrum
dative	grāculō	grāculīs
accusative	grāculum	grāculōs
ablative	grāculō	grāculīs
vocative	grācule	grāculī

Descendants

Catalan: gralla, grall
French: grolle
Italian: gracchia, gracchio, grola

Portuguese: gralha, gralho
Romanian: graur
Spanish: grajo

References

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

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