A variant or alternate spelling of accipiter; a type of hawk.
An alternative spelling of accipiter (Latin for 'hawk'), showing variation in how learned Latin terms were Anglicized in medieval and Renaissance texts.
This spelling variant shows how scribes and printers weren't always sure of the 'correct' Latin—even learned people sometimes dropped the 'i' in medieval manuscripts, creating confusion that took centuries to standardize.
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