pecten

See also: Pecten

English
Pecten maximus Pilgermuschel, a scallop

Etymology

From Latin pecten (“comb”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛktɪn/, /ˈpɛktən/

Noun

pecten (plural pectens or pectines)

  1. (anatomy, obsolete) The bones in the hand between the wrist and the fingers.
  2. (anatomy) The pubic bone.
  3. (anatomy) A comb structure.
  4. (zoology) One of the genus Pecten of scallops.

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peḱten-s, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“pluck”) (whence pecto). Cognate with Ancient Greek κτείς (kteís).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpek.ten/, [ˈpɛk.tɛn]

Noun

pecten m (genitive pectinis); third declension

  1. comb
  2. pubic hair

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pecten pectinēs
Genitive pectinis pectinum
Dative pectinī pectinibus
Accusative pectinem pectinēs
Ablative pectine pectinibus
Vocative pecten pectinēs

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • pecten in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pecten in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pecten in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • pecten in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • pecten in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pecten in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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