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caprimulgus

名詞

1. ヨタカ科の標準属(type genus of the Caprimulgidae)
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caprimulgus

出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/08/23 22:06 UTC )


語源

From capra (goat) + mulgeō (I milk). The sense "nightjar" is first attested in Pliny the Elder's Naturalis historia and represents a partial calque of Ancient Greek αἰγοθήλας (aigothḗlas), following Aristotle's claim in Historia animalium that certain nocturnal birds - often identified as nightjars - suck milk from the udders of goats.

発音

名詞

caprimulgus m (genitive caprimulgī); second declension

  1. a milker of goats
  2. a nightjar (from the belief that they sucked the milk from goats)

語形変化

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative caprimulgus caprimulgī
genitive caprimulgī caprimulgōrum
dative caprimulgō caprimulgīs
accusative caprimulgum caprimulgōs
ablative caprimulgō caprimulgīs
vocative caprimulge caprimulgī

派生した語

  • Italian: caprimulgo
  • Translingual: Caprimulgus
  • Dutch: geitenmelker (calque)

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