"echidna" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ɛˈkʰɪn.na] [Classical-Latin], [eˈkid.na] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔχιδνα (ékhidna, “viper”). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:bor|grc:ἔχιδνα<t:viper>|text=+|title=echidna|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "viper", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἔχιδνα", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "echidna", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="echidna"> Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔχιδνα (ékhidna, “viper”). Head templates: {{la-noun|echidna<1>|g=f}} echidna f (genitive echidnae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|echidna<1>}} Forms: echidnae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], echidna [nominative, singular], echidnae [nominative, plural], echidnae [genitive, singular], echidnārum [genitive, plural], echidnae [dative, singular], echidnīs [dative, plural], echidnam [accusative, singular], echidnās [accusative, plural], echidnā [ablative, singular], echidnīs [ablative, plural], echidna [singular, vocative], echidnae [plural, vocative]
  1. an adder, viper Tags: declension-1, feminine Related terms: Echidna
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