Poecile

Poecile

See also: Pœcile

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ποικῐ́λη (poikĭ́lē), feminine form of ποικίλος (poikílos, spotted, embroidered).

Proper noun

Poecile m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Paridae.

Hypernyms

References

Latin

Etymology

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek ποικῐ́λη (poikĭ́lē).

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Poecilē f sg (genitive Poecilēs); first declension

    1. picture-gallery in the marketplace in Athens
    2. Athenian-style gallery at the villa of Hadrian

    Declension

    First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in ), singular only.

    singular
    nominative Poecilē
    genitive Poecilēs
    dative Poecilae
    accusative Poecilēn
    ablative Poecilē
    vocative Poecilē

    References

    • Poecile”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • Poecile”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • Poecile”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.