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buteo

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See also: Buteo

English

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Etymology

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From the genus name Buteo, from Latin būteō.

Noun

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buteo (plural buteos)

  1. Any of the broad-winged soaring raptors of the genus Buteo.
    • 1988 February 5, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      In flight, it has the broad-winged, wide-tailed look of the buteos, the soaring hawks that are built like small eagles.

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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From Latin būteō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [buˈteo]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eo
  • Hyphenation: bu‧te‧o

Noun

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buteo (accusative singular buteon, plural buteoj, accusative plural buteojn)

  1. buzzard

Latin

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Etymology

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Probably imitative of a buzzard or hawk's cry.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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būteō m (genitive būteōnis); third declension

  1. A sort of hawk or falcon

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative būteō būteōnēs
genitive būteōnis būteōnum
dative būteōnī būteōnibus
accusative būteōnem būteōnēs
ablative būteōne būteōnibus
vocative būteō būteōnēs

Descendants

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See also

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References

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  • buteo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • buteo 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)
  • buteo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • buteo”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray