graculus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *greh₂-k- (“croak”) (compare English croak, Serbo-Croatian grákati) and diminutive suffix -ulus, hence an interpretation of "the little croaker".

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡraː.ku.lus/, [ˈɡraː.kʊ.ɫʊs]

Noun

grāculus m (genitive graculī); second declension

jackdaw

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	grāculus	grāculī
Genitive	grāculī	grāculōrum
Dative	grāculō	grāculīs
Accusative	grāculum	grāculōs
Ablative	grāculō	grāculīs
Vocative	grācule	grāculī

Derived terms

grācula

Descendants

Asturian: grayu
Catalan: gralla, grall
English: grackle
French: grolle
Galician: gralla
Italian: gracchia, gracchio, grola (regional)

Neapolitan: gravulu (Calabrian)
Occitan: gralha
Portuguese: gralha, gralho
Romagnol: gravolo
Romanian: graur
Spanish: grajo

References

graculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
graculus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
graculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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