"coturnix" meaning in Latin

See coturnix in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /koːˈtur.niːks/ [Classical-Latin], [koːˈt̪ʊrniːks̠] [Classical-Latin], /koˈtur.niːks/ [Classical-Latin], [kɔˈt̪ʊrniːks̠] [Classical-Latin], /koˈtur.niks/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [koˈt̪urniks] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Uncertain; from earlier cocturnīx, possibly from Proto-Italic *kwaktrīx and influenced by cōrnīx (“crow”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷóǵ⁽ʰ⁾-tr-ih₂-k-s, from *kʷeǵ⁽ʰ⁾- (“to flee”), cognate with Proto-West Germanic *hwahtlā (“quail”). Doublet of quaccola (“quail”). Perhaps related to Latin conquinīscō (“to crouch down”), Old Norse *hvekka (“to be startled”), Proto-Slavic *čeznǫti (“to disappear”). Etymology templates: {{unc|la}} Uncertain, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*kwaktrīx}} Proto-Italic *kwaktrīx, {{der|la|ine-pro||*kʷóǵ⁽ʰ⁾-tr-ih₂-k-s}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷóǵ⁽ʰ⁾-tr-ih₂-k-s, {{cog|gmw-pro|*hwahtlā|t=quail}} Proto-West Germanic *hwahtlā (“quail”), {{doublet|la|quaccola|t1=quail}} Doublet of quaccola (“quail”), {{cog|la|conquinīscō|t=to crouch down}} Latin conquinīscō (“to crouch down”), {{cog|non|*hvekka|t=to be startled}} Old Norse *hvekka (“to be startled”), {{cog|sla-pro|*čeznǫti|t=to disappear}} Proto-Slavic *čeznǫti (“to disappear”) Head templates: {{la-noun|cō̆turnīx<3>|g=f}} cō̆turnīx f (genitive cō̆turnīcis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cō̆turnīx<3>}} Forms: cō̆turnīx [canonical, feminine], cō̆turnīcis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cō̆turnīx [nominative, singular], cō̆turnīcēs [nominative, plural], cō̆turnīcis [genitive, singular], cō̆turnīcum [genitive, plural], cō̆turnīcī [dative, singular], cō̆turnīcibus [dative, plural], cō̆turnīcem [accusative, singular], cō̆turnīcēs [accusative, plural], cō̆turnīce [ablative, singular], cō̆turnīcibus [ablative, plural], cō̆turnīx [singular, vocative], cō̆turnīcēs [plural, vocative]
  1. quail Tags: declension-3 Categories (lifeform): Fowls
    Sense id: en-coturnix-la-noun-LChfkMa8 Disambiguation of Fowls: 49 51
  2. “quail” (used as a term of endearment) Tags: declension-3 Categories (lifeform): Fowls
    Sense id: en-coturnix-la-noun-mlcKjdTC Disambiguation of Fowls: 49 51 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: qualea [Late-Latin], quaccola [Late-Latin], quaquila [Late-Latin], cocturnīx, conturnīx, cōtornīx, contornīx, cuturnīx, coturnex [Late-Latin, Latin, vulgar]
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    {
      "form": "cō̆turnīcēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cō̆turnīx<3>",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "cō̆turnīx f (genitive cō̆turnīcis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cō̆turnīx<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "quail"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quail",
          "quail"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "“quail” (used as a term of endearment)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quail",
          "quail"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/koːˈtur.niːks/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[koːˈt̪ʊrniːks̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koˈtur.niːks/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɔˈt̪ʊrniːks̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koˈtur.niks/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[koˈt̪urniks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "qualea"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "quaccola"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "quaquila"
    },
    {
      "word": "cocturnīx"
    },
    {
      "word": "conturnīx"
    },
    {
      "word": "cōtornīx"
    },
    {
      "word": "contornīx"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuturnīx"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "Latin",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "coturnex"
    }
  ],
  "word": "coturnix"
}

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