cetus
See also: Cetus
Latin
Alternative forms
- cētos n
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos, “any sea-monster or huge fish”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkeː.tus/, [ˈkeː.tʊs]
Noun
cētus m (genitive cētī); second declension
- Any large sea-animal, such as a whale, shark, seal, dog-fish, dolphin, or tuna, or a sea monster.
- The constellation Cetus, the Whale.
Inflection
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cētus | cētī |
Genitive | cētī | cētōrum |
Dative | cētō | cētīs |
Accusative | cētum | cētōs |
Ablative | cētō | cētīs |
Vocative | cēte | cētī |
Related terms
References
- cetus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cetus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- cetus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- cetus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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