oniscus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === oniscos === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀνίσκος (onískos), diminutive of ὄνος (ónos, “donkey, ass”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔˈnɪs.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [oˈnis.kus] === Noun === oniscus m (genitive oniscī); second declension woodlouse ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Italian: onisco Translingual: Oniscus === References === “oniscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “oniscos”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.