ingluvies

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

ingluvies

  1. (anatomy) The crop, or craw, of birds.

Derived terms

References

Latin

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (throat).[1] Compare Latin gula (throat), gluttiō (I gulp down), Russian глотка (glotka, throat) and Persian گلو (throat).

Pronunciation

Noun

ingluviēs f (genitive ingluviēī); fifth declension

  1. (anatomy) the crop of birds
  2. gluttony, voraciousness

Declension

Fifth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ingluviēs ingluviēs
Genitive ingluviēī ingluviērum
Dative ingluviēī ingluviēbus
Accusative ingluviem ingluviēs
Ablative ingluviē ingluviēbus
Vocative ingluviēs ingluviēs

Descendants

  • English: ingluvies
  • Spanish: ingluvie
  • Italian: gobbio, ingluvie

References

  • ingluvies”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ingluvies in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “gel-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 364-365
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