phalaeceus

Latin

Alternative forms

  • phalaecīus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φαλαίκειος (phalaíkeios), from the name of the poet Φάλαικος (Phálaikos).

Pronunciation

Adjective

phalaecēus (feminine phalaecēa, neuter phalaecēum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (poetry) phalaecean, being hendecasyllabic and consisting of a spondee, a dactyl and three trochees
    versus phalaecēus (the phalaecean/hendecasyllabic verse)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative phalaecēus phalaecēa phalaecēum phalaecēī phalaecēae phalaecēa
genitive phalaecēī phalaecēae phalaecēī phalaecēōrum phalaecēārum phalaecēōrum
dative phalaecēō phalaecēae phalaecēō phalaecēīs
accusative phalaecēum phalaecēam phalaecēum phalaecēōs phalaecēās phalaecēa
ablative phalaecēō phalaecēā phalaecēō phalaecēīs
vocative phalaecēe phalaecēa phalaecēum phalaecēī phalaecēae phalaecēa

Descendants

  • → Italian: falecio, faleceo

References

  • “Phalaecus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Phalaecus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Phalaecus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
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