turdus

See also: Turdus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *trozdo, *trosdos; see also Russian дрозд (drozd), Old Church Slavonic дрозгу (drozgu), Welsh drudwy (“starling”), Middle Irish truid, and Lithuanian strazdas (“thrush”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.dus/, [ˈtʊr.dʊs]

Noun

turdus m (genitive turdī); second declension

thrush, fieldfare

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	turdus	turdī
genitive	turdī	turdōrum
dative	turdō	turdīs
accusative	turdum	turdōs
ablative	turdō	turdīs
vocative	turde	turdī

Descendants

Aromanian: sturdzu, strudz
Asturian: tordu
Catalan: tord
English: turdine, turdiform
Friulian: dordei
Italian: tordo
Occitan: tordre, tord

Portuguese: tordo
Romanian: sturz
Sicilian: turdu
Spanish: tordo
Translingual: Turdus
Venetian: tordo

References

turdus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
turdus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
turdus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
turdus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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