luscinia

== Latin == === Alternative forms === luscinius === Etymology === Possibly from luscus (“one-eyed”) + canō (“sing”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫʊsˈkɪ.ni.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [luʃˈʃiː.ni.a] === Noun === luscinia f (genitive lusciniae); first declension nightingale ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== lusciniola ==== Descendants ==== Italian: usignolo Old French: losseignol, lourseignos Old Occitan: rossinhol Catalan: rossinyol → French: rossignol Occitan: rossinhòl → Old Galician-Portuguese: Galician: reiseñor, rousinol, roixiñol, reixinol, reissenhor, roussinol, rouxinol (reintegrationist) Portuguese: rouxinol → Spanish: ruiseñor → Ladin: rusignûl Romansh: luschaina === References === “luscinia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “luscinia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “luscinia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.