attagen

English

Alternative forms

• attagas

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin attagēn.

Noun

attagen (plural attagens)

1. (obsolete) A grey partridge (Perdix perdix) of Eurasia.
2. (obsolete) A Pallas's sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus) of Central Asia and occurring as a vagrant in Europe.

Latin

Alternative forms

• attagēna

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ττᾰγήν (attagḗn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈat.ta.ɡeːn/, [ˈät̪ːäɡeːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈat.ta.d͡ʒen/, [ˈät̪ːäd͡ʒen]

Noun

attagēn m (genitive attagēnis); third declension

1. A type of ground bird, probably a partridge or francolin.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	attagēn	attagēnēs
genitive	attagēnis	attagēnum
dative	attagēnī	attagēnibus
accusative	attagēnem	attagēnēs
ablative	attagēne	attagēnibus
vocative	attagēn	attagēnēs

Descendants

• English: attagen

References

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