phalangium
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See also: Phalangium
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek φαλάγγιον (phalángion).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pʰaˈlan.ɡi.um/, [pʰäˈɫ̪äŋɡiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /faˈlan.d͡ʒi.um/, [fäˈlän̠ʲd͡ʒium]
Noun[edit]
phalangium n (genitive phalangiī or phalangī); second declension
- A kind of venomous spider
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | phalangium | phalangia |
Genitive | phalangiī phalangī1 |
phalangiōrum |
Dative | phalangiō | phalangiīs |
Accusative | phalangium | phalangia |
Ablative | phalangiō | phalangiīs |
Vocative | phalangium | phalangia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References[edit]
- “phalangium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- phalangium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.