perdix

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πέρδῑξ (pérdīx, “partridge”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛr.diːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛr.diks]

perdīx m or f (genitive perdīcis); third declension

1. partridge
   • :

     Perdīx in pirō

     A patridge in a pear

Third-declension noun.

• perdīcālis

(Note: all terms are feminine; /rd/ > /rn/ around Italy is by analogy with cōturnīx (“quail”).)

• cācabō

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006), “pernice”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “pĕrdīx”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 8: Patavia–Pix, page 226

• “perdix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “perdix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “perdix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “perdix”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “perdix”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “perdix”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray