coturnix

== Latin == === Alternative forms === cocturnīx, conturnīx, cōtornīx, contornīx, cuturnīx, coturnex (Vulgar Latin, Late Latin) === 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”). Compare, for more, Ancient Greek ὄρτῠξ (órtŭx). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [koːˈtʊr.niːks], [kɔˈtʊr.niːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [koˈtur.niks] === Noun === cō̆turnīx f (genitive cō̆turnīcis); third declension quail “quail” (used as a term of endearment) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (Late Latin): qualea, quaccola, quaquila ==== Descendants ==== === References === “coturnix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “coturnix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “coturnix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.