LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

alauda

alauda f (genitive alaudae)
Classical[aˈɫau̯.da]Ecclesiastical[aˈlaːu̯.da]

Meaning

  1. femininea lark; the crested lark, the skylark
    praeterea parvae avi quae, ab illo galerita appellata quondam, postea Gallico vocabulo etiam legioni nomen dederat alaudaeas moroever the small bird which, on account of this peculiarity, was called galerita [hooded], and subsequently called by the Gallic term alauda, a name which he had also given to the legion.77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 11.44

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativealaudaalaudae
genitivealaudaealaudārum
dativealaudaealaudīs
accusativealaudamalaudās
ablativealaudāalaudīs
vocativealaudaalaudae

ălauda, ae, f. Celtic; lit. great songstress, from al, high, great, and aud, song; cf. the Fr. alouette; Breton. al' choueder; v. Diefenbach in Zeitschriften für vergl. Sprachf. IV. p. 391.
I. The lark, Plin. 11, 37, 44, § 121.—
II. ălauda, the name of a legion raised by Cœsar, in Gaul, at his own expense (prob. so called from the decoration of their helmet): unam (legionem) ex Transalpinis conscriptam, vocabulo quoque Gallico (Alauda enim appellabatur) civitate donavit, Suet. Caes. 24: cum legione Alaudarum ad urbem pergit, Cic. Att. 16, 8: Huc accedunt Alaudae ceterique veterani, id. Phil. 13, 2.

Origins

Borrowed from Gaulish *alauda (“skylark”), literally "tuft." Compare Proto-Germanic *laiwazikǭ (“lark”), which could share a Celto-Germanic substratum.

Elsewhere
  • Italianallodolafrom Vulgar Latin *alaudula
  • Italianlodolafrom Vulgar Latin *alaudula
  • Spanishalondrafrom Vulgar Latin *alaudula
  • Sardinianallòdolafrom Vulgar Latin *alaudula
  • Spanishalojafrom Vulgar Latin *alaudea
  • Spanishaloyafrom Vulgar Latin *alaudea
  • Friulianlodulefrom Vulgar Latin *alaudula
  • Friulianodulefrom Vulgar Latin *alaudula
  • Ladinolodolafrom Vulgar Latin *alaudula
  • Ligurianlödoafrom Vulgar Latin *alaudula
Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanalosa
  • Catalanalova
  • Frenchalouettefrom Old French aloe
  • Frenchaloyaufrom Old French aloe
  • Aragonesealoda
  • Gasconalauda
  • Gasconalausa
  • Gasconalaudeta
  • Gasconlaudeta
  • Gasconalauseta
Borrowings
  • TranslingualAlauda
  • Translingualgenus

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesAlaudaAlauda a Gaulish word, the prototype of the modern French Alouette, denoting a small crested bird of the lark kind, which the Latins in allusion to it…

Quick answers

What does alauda mean in Latin?
alauda, a noun, means “a lark; the crested lark, the skylark”.
What is the genitive of alauda?
The genitive singular is alaudae. alauda is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce alauda?
In classical Latin, [aˈɫau̯.da]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aˈlaːu̯.da].