pygargus

English

Etymology

From Latin pygargus.

Noun

pygargus

1. Alternative form of pygarg.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πῡ́γᾰργος (pū́gărgos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pyːˈɡar.ɡʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [piˈɡar.ɡus]

Noun

pȳgargus m (genitive pȳgargī); second declension

1. addax (antelope with a white rump)
2. A kind of eagle, harrier, or other raptor, perhaps Circus cyaneus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pȳgargus	pȳgargī
genitive	pȳgargī	pȳgargōrum
dative	pȳgargō	pȳgargīs
accusative	pȳgargum	pȳgargōs
ablative	pȳgargō	pȳgargīs
vocative	pȳgarge	pȳgargī

Descendants

• → Catalan: pigarg

References

• “pygargus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pygargus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “pygargus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.