erinaceus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === hērīnāceus === Etymology === From ēr (“hedgehog”) +‎ -īnus +‎ -āceus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eː.riːˈnaː.ke.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.riˈnaː.t͡ʃe.us] === Noun === ērīnāceus m (genitive ērīnāceī); second declension a hedgehog ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== ērīcius ==== 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.