callithrix

See also: Callithrix

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin callithrix. First attested in 1572.

Pronunciation

• enPR: (after Greek) kə-lĭth′rĭks, (after Latin) kăl′ĭ-thrĭks
• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, Australia) IPA^(key): (after Greek) /kəˈlɪθ.ɹɪks/; (after Latin) /ˈkæl.ɪ.θɹɪks/, (also Received Pronunciation) /ˈkal.ɪ.θɹɪks/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): (after Greek) /kəˈləθ.ɹəks/; (after Latin) /ˈkɛl.ə.θɹəks/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): (after Greek) /kəˈlɪθ.ɹɪks/, /kʌˈlɪθ.ɹɪks/; (after Latin) /ˈkal.ɪ.θɹɪks/
• (India) IPA^(key): (after Greek) /kaˈlɪt̪.ɾɪks/; (after Latin) /ˈka(ː)l.ɪ.t̪ɾɪks/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: cal‧li‧thrix

Noun

callithrix (plural callithrices)

1. An African primate. (clarification of this definition is needed)

Further reading

• “callithrix, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016.
• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “callithrix, n.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, volumes II (B.B.C.–Chalypsography), Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 793, column 1.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰλλῐ́θρῐξ (kăllĭ́thrĭx).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkal.lɪ.tʰrɪks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkal.li.triks]
• Hyphenation: cal‧li‧thrix

Noun

callithrix f (genitive callithrichis or callithrichos or callitrichos or callithricis or callitrichis); third declension

1. waterwort (Asplenium trichomanes)
2. an Ethiopian monkey or some such animal

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	callithrix	callithrichēs
genitive	callithrichis callithrichos callitrichos callithricis callitrichis	callithrichum
dative	callithrichī	callithrichibus
accusative	callithrichem	callithrichēs
ablative	callithriche	callithrichibus
vocative	callithrix	callithrichēs

References

• “callithrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• callithrix in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 935
• “callithrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 247, column 2.
• Harm Pinkster, editor (2018), “callithrix”, in Woordenboek Latijn/Nederlands‎^[1], 7th revised edition, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC
• Latino-Sinicum [translated as: 有鬚之猴/有须之猴 (yǒu xū zhī hóu)], in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011