trochilus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin trochilus (“a kind of small bird”), from Ancient Greek τροχίλος (trokhílos), from τρέχω (trékhō, “to run”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɹɒkɪləs/ === Noun === trochilus (plural trochiluses or trochili) (zoology) Any member of the hummingbird genus Trochilus. (architecture) A scotia. === References === “trochilus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek τροχίλος (trokhílos), from τρέχω (trékhō). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtrɔ.kʰɪ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtrɔː.ki.lus] === Noun === trochilus m (genitive trochilī); second declension A kind of small bird (architecture) trochilus ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === References === “trochilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “trochilus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.