phalangium

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Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φαλάγγιον (phalángion).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

phalangium n (genitive phalangiī or phalangī); second declension

  1. 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