hirundo
ὀφθαλμοὶ γὰρ τῶν ὤτων ἀκριβέστεροι μάρτυρες → the eyes are more accurate witnesses than the ears, the eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears
Latin > English
hirundo hirundinis N F :: swallow; martin; small bird; flying fish
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
hĭrundo: ĭnis, f. (weakened from χελιδών),
I a swallow.
I Lit., Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 92; 10, 24, 34, § 70; Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 12; Verg. G. 1, 377; id. A. 12, 474; Ov. F. 2, 853; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 13.—As a term of endearment: dic me anaticulam, columbam vel catellum, Hirundinem, monedulam, etc., Plaut. As. 3, 3, 104.—Prov.: quid contendat hirundo cycnis? Lucr. 3, 6 (for which: certent cycnis ululae, Verg. E. 8, 55).—
II Transf., a flying sea - fish, sea - swallow, Exocoetus volitans s. evolans, Linn.; Plin. 9, 26, 43, § 81.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
hĭrundō,¹² ĭnis, f.,
1 hirondelle : Virg. G. 1, 377 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 13
2 aronde, poisson : Plin. 9, 81.
Latin > German (Georges)
hirundo, dinis, f., I) die Schwalbe, Plin. 10, 72 u. 10, 92 sqq. Plaut. rud. 604. Verg. georg. 1, 377: hirundinum nidi, Plin. 7, 194 (vgl. Verg. georg. 4, 307. Sen. ep. 122, 12): pullus hirundinis, Cels. 4, 7 (4, 4, 1). p. 130, 19 D. Iuven. 10, 231: hirundinum pulli, Plin. 29, 128: sanguis hirundinis, Cels. 5, 5: stercus hirundinis, Cels. 5, 8. – als Frühlingsbote (vgl. Cornif. rhet. 4, 61. Col. 11, 2, 21), h. prima. Hor. ep. 1, 7, 13: veris praenuntia h., Ov. fast. 2, 853. – als Liebkosungswort, Plaut. asin. 694. – II) die Meerschwalbe, der fliegende Seehahn (Exocoetus volitans od. evolans, L.), Plin. 9, 81 u. 32, 149.
Latin > Chinese
hirundo, inis. f. :: 燕子。 — gutturalis 家 燕兒。
Translations
swallow
Afrikaans: swavel, swaeltjie; Albanian: dallëndyshe; Algonquin: tinogkukquas; Apache Western Apache: piishi; Arabic: سُنُونُو; Egyptian Arabic: سنونو, عصفور الجنة; Moroccan Arabic: بو خْطيفة; Aramaic Classical Syriac: ܣܢܘܢܝܬܐ, ܩܨܘܡܬܐ; Armenian: ծիծեռնակ; Old Armenian: ծիծեռն, ծիծառն; Aromanian: alãndurã, lãndurã, rãndurã; Asturian: andarina, golondra; Azerbaijani: qaranquş; Bashkir: ҡарлуғас; Basque: enara; Belarusian: ластаўка; Bengali: আবাবিল; Breton: gwennili, gwennel; Bulgarian: лястовица; Buryat: хараасгай; Catalan: oreneta; Chamicuro: cholo; Chechen: чӏегӏардиг; Chinese Mandarin: 燕子; Chuvash: чӗкеҫ; Cornish: gwennel; Crimean Tatar: qarılğaç; Czech: vlaštovka; Dalmatian: rondaina; Danish: svale, landsvale; Dutch: zwaluw; Esperanto: hirundo; Estonian: pääsuke, pääsulind; Faroese: svala; Finnish: pääsky; French: hirondelle; Friulian: cisile, sisile; Galician: andoriña, anduriña; Georgian: მერცხალი; German: Schwalbe; Greek: χελιδόνι; Ancient Greek: χελιδών; Hebrew: סנונית; Hindi: अबाबील; Hungarian: fecske; Hunsrik: Schwalleb; Icelandic: svala, landsvala; Ido: hirundo; Ingrian: pääskö, pääskölintu, pääsky, pääskylintu; Ingush: чӏагарг; Interlingua: hirundine; Irish: fáinleog; Italian: rondine; Japanese: 燕, ツバメ; Kalmyk: харада; Kannada: ಕವಲುತೋಕೆ ಹಕ್ಕಿ; Kazakh: қарлығаш; Komi-Zyrian: чикыш; Korean: 제비; Kurdish Central Kurdish: پەڕەسێلکە; Northern Kurdish: hacîreşk, dûmeqesk, hechecik; Kyrgyz: карлыгач; Ladin: rondola; Latgalian: bezdeleiga, arleiga; Latin: hirundo; Latvian: bezdelīga; Lithuanian: kregždė; Lombard: runden; Low German Dutch Low Saxon: swaalfke; German Low German: Swaalk, Swöölk, Swalf; Luxembourgish: Schmuebel, Schmuewel, Schmuelef; Macedonian: ластовица, ластовичка; Maltese: ħuttafa; Manchu: ᠴᡳᠪᡳᠨ; Manx: gollan geayee; Maori: warou; Mari Eastern Mari: вараксим, варсеҥге, нургӱльӧ; Western Mari: цӹгӓк; Mongolian: хараацай; Nahuatl: cuicuitzcatl; Navajo: táshchozhii; Nogai: карлыгаш; Norman: héthonde; Norwegian Bokmål: svale; Nynorsk: svale; Occitan: ironda, randoleta; Ojibwe: zhaashaawanibiisi; Old English: swealwe; Ottoman Turkish: قیرلانغیج; Persian: پرستو, چلچله, ابابیل; Polish: jaskółka, dymówka; Pontic Greek: χ̌ελιδόνιν; Portuguese: andorinha; Romani: pitsagoy, rindilashka; Romanian: rândunică, lăstun, rândunea; Romansch: randulina, hirondella, irundeala; Russian: ласточка; Sami: spálfu, suorrespálfu, láhtospálfu; Sardinian: mongixedda, arrùndine, arrùndini; Scots: swalla; Scottish Gaelic: gòbhlan-gaoithe; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: ла̏ставица, ласта; Roman: lȁstavica, lásta; Shor: қарлығаш; Sicilian: rìndina, rìnnina; Slovak: lastovička; Slovene: lastovka, lastovica; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: jaskolicka; Upper Sorbian: łastojčka; Spanish: golondrina; Swahili: mbayuwayu; Swedish: svala, ladusvala; Tagalog: layanglayang; Tajik: фароштурук; Tamil: தகைவிலான்கள்; Tashelhit: ⵉⴼⵍⵉⵍⵍⵉⵙ; Tatar: карлыгач; Thai: นางแอ่น, อีแอ่น; Turkish: kırlangıç; Turkmen: garlawaç; Udmurt: ваёбыж; Ugaritic: 𐎒𐎐𐎐𐎚; Ukrainian: ластівка; Urdu: ابابیل; Uyghur: قارلىغاچ; Uzbek: qaldirg'och; Venetian: sìxiła; Vietnamese: nhạn, én; Vilamovian: śwojmła; Walloon: oronde, aronde; Welsh: gwennol; West Frisian: swel, boereswel; Yámana: lásix; Yucatec Maya: kosom