cetos

See also: cețos

Latin

Pronunciation

• cētos: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.tos/, [ˈkeːt̪ɔs̠]
• cētos: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.tos/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːt̪os]
• cētōs: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.toːs/, [ˈkeːt̪oːs̠]
• cētōs: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.tos/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːt̪os]

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos, “any sea-monster or huge fish”). Plural κήτη (kḗtē).

Noun

cētos n (genitive cētī); second declension

1. Alternative form of cētus (but neuter)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type, nominative/accusative/vocative in -os).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cētos	cētē
Genitive	cētī	cētōn
Dative	cētō	cētīs
Accusative	cētos	cētē
Ablative	cētō	cētīs
Vocative	cētos	cētē

Etymology 2

Noun

cētōs

1. 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.