erinaceus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === hērināceus === Etymology === From ēr (“hedgehog”) + -īnus + -āceus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eː.rɪˈnaː.ke.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.riˈnaː.t͡ʃe.us] === Noun === ērināceus m (genitive ērināceī); second declension a hedgehog ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== ēricius ==== Descendants ==== English: erinaceous Esperanto: erinaco === References === “erinaceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "erinaceus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “erinaceus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.