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Webster 1913 Edition
Sciurus
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Sci-u′rus
,Noun.
[L., a squirrel, Gr. [GREEK]. See
Squirrel
.] (Zool.)
A genus of rodents comprising the common squirrels.
Definition 2025
Sciurus
sciurus
sciurus
See also: Sciurus
Latin
sciūrus (squirrel)
Noun
sciūrus m (genitive sciūrī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sciūrus | sciūrī |
| genitive | sciūrī | sciūrōrum |
| dative | sciūrō | sciūrīs |
| accusative | sciūrum | sciūrōs |
| ablative | sciūrō | sciūrīs |
| vocative | sciūre | sciūrī |
Descendants
References
- sciurus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sciurus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.