algensis

Latin

Etymology

From alga +‎ -ensis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /alˈɡen.sis/, [äɫ̪ˈɡẽːs̠ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alˈd͡ʒen.sis/, [äl̠ʲˈd͡ʒɛnsis]

Adjective

algēnsis (neuter algēnse); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. That supports itself on seaweed or lives upon it.
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 9.131

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	algēnsis	algēnse		algēnsēs	algēnsia
Genitive	algēnsis			algēnsium
Dative	algēnsī			algēnsibus
Accusative	algēnsem	algēnse		algēnsēs algēnsīs	algēnsia
Ablative	algēnsī			algēnsibus
Vocative	algēnsis	algēnse		algēnsēs	algēnsia

Related terms

• alga
• algōsus

References

• “algensis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• algensis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.