"chamaeleon" meaning in Latin

See chamaeleon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kʰaˈmae̯.le.oːn/ [Classical-Latin], [kʰäˈmäe̯ɫ̪eoːn] [Classical-Latin], /kaˈme.le.on/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [käˈmɛːleon] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων (khamailéōn), from χαμαί (khamaí, “on the earth, on the ground”) + λέων (léōn, “lion”); ultimately a calque from Akkadian 𒌨𒈤𒊭𒆠 (nēšu ša qaqqari, “chameleon, reptile”, literally “lion of the ground", "predator that crawls upon the ground”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|χαμαιλέων}} Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων (khamailéōn), {{der|la|akk|𒌨𒈤𒊭𒆠|lit=lion of the ground", "predator that crawls upon the ground|t=chameleon, reptile|tr=nēšu ša qaqqari}} Akkadian 𒌨𒈤𒊭𒆠 (nēšu ša qaqqari, “chameleon, reptile”, literally “lion of the ground", "predator that crawls upon the ground”) Head templates: {{la-noun|((chamaeleōn<3>,chamaeleōn/chamaeleōnt<3>))|g=m}} chamaeleōn m (genitive chamaeleōnis or chamaeleōntis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|((chamaeleōn<3>,chamaeleōn/chamaeleōnt<3>))}} Forms: chamaeleōn [canonical, masculine], chamaeleōnis [genitive], chamaeleōntis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], chamaeleōn [nominative, singular], chamaeleōnēs [nominative, plural], chamaeleōntēs [nominative, plural], chamaeleōnis [genitive, singular], chamaeleōntis [genitive, singular], chamaeleōnum [genitive, plural], chamaeleōntum [genitive, plural], chamaeleōnī [dative, singular], chamaeleōntī [dative, singular], chamaeleōnibus [dative, plural], chamaeleōntibus [dative, plural], chamaeleōnem [accusative, singular], chamaeleōntem [accusative, singular], chamaeleōnēs [accusative, plural], chamaeleōntēs [accusative, plural], chamaeleōne [ablative, singular], chamaeleōnte [ablative, singular], chamaeleōnibus [ablative, plural], chamaeleōntibus [ablative, plural], chamaeleōn [singular, vocative], chamaeleōnēs [plural, vocative], chamaeleōntēs [plural, vocative]
  1. chameleon (a kind of lizard) Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-chamaeleon-la-noun-lTl4BK9G
  2. (sometimes feminine) carline thistle Tags: declension-3, feminine, sometimes Categories (lifeform): Lizards, Plants
    Sense id: en-chamaeleon-la-noun-QoqXA7jC Disambiguation of Lizards: 12 88 Disambiguation of Plants: 8 92 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 46 1 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 1 64 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 34 66
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      "ipa": "/kaˈme.le.on/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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      "ipa": "[käˈmɛːleon]",
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        "(sometimes feminine) carline thistle"
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      "ipa": "[kʰäˈmäe̯ɫ̪eoːn]",
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        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈme.le.on/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[käˈmɛːleon]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chamaeleon"
}

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