Translingual

Proper noun

Numida m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Numididae – the guineafowl.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Galliformes - order; Numididae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Numida meleagris - sole species

References

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

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νομάς ‎(nomás). Confer with the later Nomas.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.mi.da/, [ˈnʊ.mɪ.da]

Noun

Numida m ‎(genitive Numidae); first declension

1. a nomad
2. Numidian

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• Numidia
• Numidicus

Descendants

• Portuguese: Númida

References

• Numida in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Numida in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Numida”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Italian

Adjective

numida m ‎(feminine singular numida, masculine plural numidi, feminine plural numide)

1. Numidian

Noun

numida m ‎(plural numidi) or numida f ‎(plural numide)

1. Numidian