perdix

See also: Perdix

Latin
perdīx (partridge)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”).

Pronunciation

Noun

perdīx m or f (genitive perdīcis); third declension

  1. partridge

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative perdīx perdīcēs
Genitive perdīcis perdīcum
Dative perdīcī perdīcibus
Accusative perdīcem perdīcēs
Ablative perdīce perdīcibus
Vocative perdīx perdīcēs

Derived terms
  • perdīcālis

Descendants

With /rd/ > /rn/ in Italy and environs by analogy with cōturnīx 'quail'.

  • Dalmatian:
    • pernaica
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Padanian:
    • Friulian: pernîs
    • Piedmontese: perniś
    • Romagnol: parniz
    • Romansch: pernisch
    • Venetian: pernixe, pernixa
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
    • Old French: perdriz, pertriz
      • French: perdrix
      • Norman: pèrdrix
      • Walloon: pietri
      • → Middle Dutch: partrise, patrise
        • Dutch: patrijs (see there for further descendants)
      • → Middle English: partrich (see there for further descendants)
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian:
      Campidanese: perdixi, padrixi, pardighi
      Logudorese: perdighe, perdiga
      Nuorese: prediche, perdiche

See also

References

Further reading
  • “perdix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “perdix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • perdix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “perdix”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
  • “perdix”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “perdix”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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