perdix, īcis, comm., = πέρδιξ,
a partridge , Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 100; Mart. 3, 37, 15: perdicas Boeotios, Varr. ap. Non. 218, 18: picta, Mart. 3, 58, 15; Vulg. Jer. 17, 11.
perdīx īcis, f , πέρδιξ, a plover, lapwing: garrula, O. ...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
·noun A genus of birds including the common European partridge. Formerly the word was used in a much...
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