motacilla

See also: Motacilla

Latin

Etymology

Unknown[1].

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /moː.taˈkil.la/, [moːt̪äˈkɪlːʲä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mo.taˈt͡ʃil.la/, [mot̪äˈt͡ʃilːä]

Noun

mōtacilla f (genitive mōtacillae); first declension

  1. A kind of wagtail

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mōtacilla mōtacillae
Genitive mōtacillae mōtacillārum
Dative mōtacillae mōtacillīs
Accusative mōtacillam mōtacillās
Ablative mōtacillā mōtacillīs
Vocative mōtacilla mōtacillae

Descendants
  • Translingual: Motacilla

References
  • “motacilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • motacilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  1. Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “motacilla”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 115
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