Numida

See also: numida and númida

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin Numida (“Numidian”).

Proper noun

Numida m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Numididae – helmeted guinea fowl.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Galloanseri – superorder; Galliformes – order; Numididae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Numida meleagris – sole species

References

• Numida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Numida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Numida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Numida at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Gill, F.; Wright, M. (2006), Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN.

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *nem-der.

Proto-Indo-European *németi

Proto-Hellenic *némō

Ancient Greek νέμω (némō)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Hellenic *-ós

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Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ.

Ancient Greek -ός (-ós)

Ancient Greek νομός (nomós)

Ancient Greek νομάς (nomás)bor.

Latin Numida

From Ancient Greek νομάς (nomás) (this name also meant "Numidian"). Doublet of the later Nomas.

Historian Gabriel Camps, however, argues for its African origin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnʊ.mɪ.da]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnuː.mi.da]

Noun

Numida m (genitive Numidae); first declension

1. a nomad
2. Numidian

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Numida	Numidae
genitive	Numidae	Numidārum
dative	Numidae	Numidīs
accusative	Numidam	Numidās
ablative	Numidā	Numidīs
vocative	Numida	Numidae

Derived terms

• Numidia
• Numidicus

Descendants

• Portuguese: Númida

Proper noun

Numida m (genitive Numidae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Plotius Numida, a friend of Horace

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Numida	Numidae
genitive	Numidae	Numidārum
dative	Numidae	Numidīs
accusative	Numidam	Numidās
ablative	Numidā	Numidīs
vocative	Numida	Numidae

Adjective

Numida (genitive Numidae); first-declension one-termination adjective

1. Numidian
   • 2 CE, Ovidius, Ars Amatoria 2.183:

     Obsequium tigresque domat Numidasque leones;
     Rustica paulatim taurus aratra subit.

     • 1929 translation by J. H. Mozley, revised by G. P. Goold.

       Compliance tames tigers and Numidian lions; little by little the bull submits to the rustic plough.

   • 12 CE – 13 CE, Ovidius, Epistulae ex Ponto 4.9.28 (alternatively "Numidi" in some editions):

     Signa quoque in sella nossem formata curuli
     et totum Numidae sculptile dentis opus.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 100 CE – 127 CE, Juvenalis, Saturae 4.100:

     Profuit ergo nihil misero quod comminus ursos / figebat Numidas Albana nudus harena / venator.

     • 2004 translation by Susanna Morton Braund

       It turned out to do the unfortunate youth no good to appear naked as a hunter in the Alban amphitheatre, spearing Numidian bears close up.

Declension

First-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	Numida			Numidae	Numida
genitive	Numidae			Numidārum
dative	Numidae			Numidīs
accusative	Numidam	Numida		Numidās	Numida
ablative	Numidā			Numidīs
vocative	Numida			Numidae	Numida

Alternative forms

• Numidus

Further reading

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