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Webster 1913 Edition
Perdix
‖
Per′dix
(pẽr′dĭks)
, p
rop.
Noun.
[L., a partridge, Gr.
πέρδιξ
.] (Zool.)
A genus of birds including the common European partridge. Formerly the word was used in a much wider sense to include many allied genera.
Definition 2024
Perdix
Perdix
See also: perdix
Translingual
Proper noun
Perdix f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Phasianidae.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Galliformes - order; Phasianidae - family; Perdicinae - subfamily
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276
perdix
perdix
See also: Perdix
Latin
perdīx (partridge)
Noun
perdīx m, f (genitive perdīcis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | perdīx | perdīcēs |
| genitive | perdīcis | perdīcum |
| dative | perdīcī | perdīcibus |
| accusative | perdīcem | perdīcēs |
| ablative | perdīce | perdīcibus |
| vocative | perdīx | perdīcēs |
Derived terms
- perdīcālis
Descendants
See also
References
- perdix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- perdix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “perdix”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- perdix in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- perdix in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- perdix in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray