aelurus
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἴλουρος (aílouros, “cat”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ae̯ˈɫuː.rʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈluː.rus]
Noun
aelūrus m (genitive aelūrī); second declension
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