aelurus

See also: Aelurus and Ailurus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἴλουρος (aílouros, cat).

Pronunciation

Noun

aelūrus m (genitive aelūrī); second declension

  1. a cat
    Synonyms: cattus, fēlēs, mūriceps, mūrilegus, mūsiō, pilāx

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative aelūrus aelūrī
genitive aelūrī aelūrōrum
dative aelūrō aelūrīs
accusative aelūrum aelūrōs
ablative aelūrō aelūrīs
vocative aelūre aelūrī

Descendants

  • English: aeluro- (learned)

Further reading

  • aelurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • aelurus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 73.
  • aelurus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 178