different between northern vs lepus

English

Etymology

From Middle English northerne, from Old English norþerne, from Proto-Germanic *nurþr?nijaz. Cognate with Old High German nordr?ni and Old Norse norrœnn.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n??ð?n/, /?n??ðn?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n??ð?n/, enPR: nôr?th?rn
• (non-standard) IPA^(key): /?n?ð?(?)n/

Adjective

northern (comparative more northern, superlative most northern)

1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north;northerly.
2. (of a wind) Blowing from the north; northerly.
3. (Britain) Characteristic of the North of England (usually capitalised)

Synonyms

• boreal
• septentrional

Antonyms

• austral
• meridional
• southern

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• eastern
• occidental
• oriental
• western

Noun

northern (plural northerns)

1. An inhabitant of the northern regions.
2. (fishing) The northern pike.
   • 1993, Barry Reynolds, John Berryman, Pike on the Fly: The Flyfishing Guide to Northerns, Tigers, and Muskies

     As is the case with northerns, the female muskie, trailed by her attendant males, may broadcast eggs over several hundred yards.

Latin

Etymology

Unknown; not an Indo-European word. Perhaps of Iberian or Celtiberian substrate origin and related to Massaliot ??????? (leb?rís).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?le.pus/, [????p?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?le.pus/, [?l??pus]

Noun

lepus m (genitive leporis); third declension

1. a hare

2. a poisonous sea fish colored like the hare
3. (astronomy) the constellation Lepus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Coordinate terms

• (hare): cun?culus, dasyp?s

Derived terms

• lepor?rius
• lepor?nus
• lepusculus

Descendants

References

• lepus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lepus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lepus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• lepus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Lithuanian

Etymology

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Adjective

lepùs m (feminine lepì) stress pattern 4

1. fastidious, spoilt

   Jis lepus ir visada galvoja tik apie save

   He is so fastidious and always thinking only about himself.