callithrix

See also: Callithrix

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καλλίθριξ (kallíthrix).

Noun

callithrix f (genitive callithrichis); third declension

1. waterwort (Asplenium trichomanes)
2. An Ethiopian monkey (or some such animal)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	callithrix	callithrichēs
genitive	callithrichis callithrichos callitrichos callithricis callitrichis	callithrichum
dative	callithrichī	callithrichibus
accusative	callithrichem	callithrichēs
ablative	callithriche	callithrichibus
vocative	callithrix	callithrichēs

References

• “callithrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “callithrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.