paradisi avis

== Latin == === Etymology === Literally, “paradise's bird”. First attested in 1555. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pa.raˈdiː.siː ˈa.wɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pa.raˈdiː.s̬i ˈaː.vis] === Noun === paradīsī avis f (genitive paradīsī avis); third declension (New Latin) bird of paradise (any bird of the family Paradisaeidae) Synonyms: apūs indicus, ave paradīsiaca, paradisaea ==== Inflection ==== Indeclinable portion with a third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or occasionally -ī). ==== Descendants ==== → English: bird of paradise (calque) → Portuguese: ave-do-paraíso (calque)