alauda

See also: Alauda

Latin
alauda (a skylark)

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish *alauda (“skylark”), literally "tuft." Compare Proto-Germanic *laiwarikǭ (“lark”), which could share a Celto-Germanic substratum.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈlau̯.da/, [aˈɫau̯.da]

Noun

alauda f (genitive alaudae); first declension

  1. A lark; the crested lark, the skylark.

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative alauda alaudae
Genitive alaudae alaudārum
Dative alaudae alaudīs
Accusative alaudam alaudās
Ablative alaudā alaudīs
Vocative alauda alaudae

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • alauda in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • alauda in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • alauda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • alauda in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • alauda in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • Fryske Academy (1998): Lezingen fan it fjirtjinde Frysk Filologekongres: 23, 24 en 25 oktober 1996
  • Reichart, L. (2000): Kratylos, Volume 45
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