larus

See also: Larus and Lárus

Latin

Alternative forms

• laros

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λάρος (láros), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂-, itself possibly imitative.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈla.rus/, [ˈɫ̪ärʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.rus/, [ˈläːrus]

Noun

larus m (genitive larī); second declension

1. a ravenous seabird, perhaps a gull or mew

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	larus	larī
genitive	larī	larōrum
dative	larō	larīs
accusative	larum	larōs
ablative	larō	larīs
vocative	lare	larī

Descendants

• Translingual: Larus

References

• “larus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• larus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• larus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN