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beccus
beccus
Latin
Noun
beccus m (genitive beccī); second declension
Usage notes
The most usual word for "beak" is rostrum.
Inflection
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | beccus | beccī |
genitive | beccī | beccōrum |
dative | beccō | beccīs |
accusative | beccum | beccōs |
ablative | beccō | beccīs |
vocative | becce | beccī |
Descendants
References
- beccus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- BECCUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “beccus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.