different between pygarg vs pygargus

English

Etymology

From Latin pygargus from Ancient Greek ???????? (púgargos), a compound of Ancient Greek ???? (p?g?, “rump”) + ????? (argós, “white”).

Noun

pygarg (plural pygargs)

1. (biblical) An unidentified large animal with horns, possibly the addax, mentioned in the Bible (Deuteronomy 14:5) as one of the animals permitted for food.
2. A bird, the osprey.

Translations

English

Noun

pygargus

1. pygarg

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????????? (p??gargos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /py???ar.?us/, [py???är??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pi??ar.?us/, [pi???r?us]

Noun

p?gargus m (genitive p?garg?); second declension

1. addax (antelope with a white rump)
2. A kind of eagle, harrier, or other raptor, perhaps Circus cyaneus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

References

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