gaius

== Latin == === Alternative forms === gaia f === Etymology === Probably of imitative origin, or related to the personal name Gaius. Though only attested in Late Latin, it has been suggested that the name of the bird is archaic and predates the personal name. === Noun === gaius m (genitive gaiī); second declension (Late Latin) jaybird ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === "gaius", 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)