dasypus

See also: Dasypus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δασύπους (dasúpous, “rough-foot”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈda.sy.puːs/, [ˈd̪äs̠ʏpuːs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈda.si.pus/, [ˈd̪äːs̬ipus]

Noun

dasypūs m (genitive dasypodis); third declension

  1. a kind of rabbit

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dasypūs dasypodēs
Genitive dasypodis dasypodum
Dative dasypodī dasypodibus
Accusative dasypodem dasypodēs
Ablative dasypode dasypodibus
Vocative dasypūs dasypodēs

See also

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