cetus

See also: Cetus

Latin

Alternative forms

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

  1. Any large sea-animal, such as a whale, shark, seal, dog-fish, dolphin, or tuna, or a sea monster.
  2. 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

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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