Sexagesimus Septimus: July 19, 2008: Pliplio
Theme for this week: Animals (and this weekend word still fits that theme)
pliplio, plipliare, plipliavi, plipliatus
NB: I'm not sure if these macrons are correct, since I have only been able to find the word in the Oxford Latin Dictionary and not my dictionary at home, and I didn't copy down the macrons from that impressive book.
Definition: verbal expression of the cry of the hawk
Sententia: Accipiter plipliat ut ad terram se praecipitat, tandem aperiens alas ne terram ipsam icat.
The hawk cries (there isn't a word that I can find in ENGLISH for the cry of a hawk!) as it hurls itself towards the ground, finally opening the wings lest he strike the ground itself.
As I said above, this dictionary was not in any dictionary but the Oxford Latin Dictionary (not my paper dictionary, not Whitaker's Words, and not Lewis and Short accessed via Perseus!). I saw this word as I was flipping to a different word, and I just thought that it was cool. But it is an animal sound not on the quiz having been sent out yesterday! =D
NB: Bold and underline == macron