cetos
See also: cețos
Latin
Pronunciation
- cētos: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkeː.tɔs]
- cētos: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.t̪os]
- cētōs: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkeː.toːs]
- cētōs: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.t̪os]
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos, “any sea-monster or huge fish”). Plural κήτη (kḗtē).
Noun
cētos n (genitive cētī); second declension
- alternative form of cētus
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type, nominative/accusative/vocative in -os).
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | cētos | cētē |
genitive | cētī | cētōn |
dative | cētō | cētīs |
accusative | cētos | cētē |
ablative | cētō | cētīs |
vocative | cētos | cētē |
Etymology 2
Noun
cētōs
- accusative plural of cētus
References
- “cetos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cetos”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cetos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.