phalaena

See also: Phalaena

Latin

Alternative forms

phallaena f

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φάλαινα (phálaina).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pʰaˈɫae̯.na]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [faˈlɛː.na]

Noun

phalaena f (genitive phalaenae); first declension

(New Latin) a moth
- 1717, Maria Sibylla Merian, Erucarum ortus: alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis in qua origo ...:
  [...] nec non tempus, locus proprietates erucqrum vermium papilionum, phalaenarum, muscarum, aliorumque [...]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1828, Thomas Horsfield, Part I.II.^[sic] of a Descriptive Catalogue Of The Lepidopterous Insects:
  Fam. A (Papilionum) Larva Tortriciformis; Larva nonnullis Phalaenarum larvis persimilis; subnuda; [...] Chrysalis similis phalaenarum pupis.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	phalaena	phalaenae
genitive	phalaenae	phalaenārum
dative	phalaenae	phalaenīs
accusative	phalaenam	phalaenās
ablative	phalaenā	phalaenīs
vocative	phalaena	phalaenae

Related terms

phalaenāceus
phalaenārius
phalaeniceps
phalaenifer
phalaenothēria