accipiter
Meaningthe grasper
Common meaning: a hawk of the sparrowhawk type
- acto, towards
- cipto grasp, takeLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 283 · scan
- iterLatin noun ending
‘to, towards’ + ‘to grasp, take’ → accipiter
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin capiō ‘to grasp, take’.
Roots
- capiō, cēpī, captum Latin “to grasp, take”
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