Translingual

Proper noun

Sturnus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Sturnidae – the starlings.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Passeriformes - order; Passeri - suborder; Passerida - parvorder; Muscicapoidea - superfamily; Sturnidae - family

Derived terms

• Sturnornis

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276

Latin

Noun

sturnus m ‎(genitive sturnī); second declension

1. starling

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• Italian: storno

References

• sturnus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• STURNUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sturnus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.