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Webster 1913 Edition
Pavo
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1.
(Zool.)
A genus of birds, including the peacocks.
2.
(Astron.)
The Peacock, a constellation of the southern hemisphere.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pavo
PA'VO
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Pavo
Pavo
See also: pavo
Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Pavo m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Phasianidae – the peafowl (peacocks).
Hypernyms
- (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Galliformes - order; Phasianidae - family; Phasianinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Pavo cristatus (Indian peafowl) - type species, Pavo muticus (green peafowl) - other species
Derived terms
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276
English
Proper noun
Pavo
- (astronomy) A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a peacock. It lies between the constellations Telescopium and Octans.
Derived terms
Translations
pavo
pavo
See also: Pavo
Latin
pāvō (peacock)
Etymology
With Ancient Greek ταώς (taṓs), said to be from an unknown Oriental source; compare Tamil தோகை (tōkai, “plumage, peacock”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpaː.woː/
Noun
pāvō m (genitive pāvōnis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pāvō | pāvōnēs |
| genitive | pāvōnis | pāvōnum |
| dative | pāvōnī | pāvōnibus |
| accusative | pāvōnem | pāvōnēs |
| ablative | pāvōne | pāvōnibus |
| vocative | pāvō | pāvōnēs |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- pavo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pavo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- PAVO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pavo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.