aelurus

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἴλουρος (aílouros, “cat”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ae̯ˈɫuː.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈluː.rus] === Noun === aelūrus m (genitive aelūrī); second declension a cat Synonyms: cattus, fēlēs, mūriceps, mūrilegus, mūsiō, pilāx ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → English: aeluro- (learned) ==== Further reading ==== “aelurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “aelurus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 73. aelurus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 178