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Derived from Latin alcēdō, from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn).

IPA^(key): [alˈt͡sedo]
Rhymes: -edo
Hyphenation: al‧ce‧do

alcedo (accusative singular alcedon, plural alcedoj, accusative plural alcedojn)

halcyon, kingfisher
Synonym: alciono

alcededo (“Alcedinidae”)

halcēdo

From Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn, “kingfisher”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /alˈkeː.doː/, [äɫ̪ˈkeːd̪oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alˈt͡ʃe.do/, [äl̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛːd̪o]

alcēdō f (genitive alcēdinis); third declension

The halcyon; kingfisher.

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alcēdō	alcēdinēs
Genitive	alcēdinis	alcēdinum
Dative	alcēdinī	alcēdinibus
Accusative	alcēdinem	alcēdinēs
Ablative	alcēdine	alcēdinibus
Vocative	alcēdō	alcēdinēs

(kingfisher, halcyon): alcyōn/halcyōn

→ Esperanto: alcedo
→ Spanish: alcedón (learned)

“alcedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
alcedo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
alcedo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.