What does ībis mean in Latin?

ībis, a noun, means “ibis (wading bird)”.

What is the genitive of ībis?

The genitive singular is ībidis. ībis is feminine, third declension.

In classical Latin, [ˈiː.bɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈiː.bis].

noun · femininethird declension

ībis f (genitive ībidis or ībis)

Classical[ˈiː.bɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈiː.bis]

ibis (wading bird)
Ībis avis Nīlī flūminis, quae sēmetipsam pūrgat, rōstrō in ānum aquam fundēns. Haec serpentium ōva vēscitur, grātissimam ex eīs ēscam nīdīs suīs dēportāns.The ibis is a bird of the river Nile, which purges itself by pouring water into its anus with its beak. It devours the eggs of snakes, carrying from them to its nests the most welcome food.c. 600 CE – 625 CE, Isidorus Hispalensis, Etymologiae 12.7.33

ībis, is and ĭdis (

I. nom. plur. ibes, Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101; 2, 50, 126; gen. ibium, Plin. 30, 15, 49, § 142; gen. sing. ibidis, Ov. H. 57; acc. plur. ibidas, Mel. 3, 8 fin.; acc. sing. ibim, Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 82; id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78; Plin. 10, 48, 68, § 134: ibin, Juv. 15, 3; Ov. H. 98), f., = ἶβις, a bird held sacred by the Egyptians, and which lived on water-animals, the ibis: Numenius ibis, Cuv.; Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101; 2, 50, 126; id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78; Plin. 8, 27, 41, § 97; Mel. 3, 8, 9.—

II. Transf., Ibis, the title of a satiric poem by Ovid (after Callimachus, who bestowed the name of Ibis on Apollonius of Rhodes).

From Ancient Greek ἶβις (îbis), from Egyptian h-b-Z4-G26 (hbj).

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