Alces

See also: alces and alcés

Translingual

Alces alces

Etymology

From Latin alces (“elk”).

Pronunciation

• English: IPA^(key): /ˈælsiːz/

Proper noun

Alces f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cervidae – the moose.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Artiodactyla - order; Cervidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Alces alces - type species; Alces americanus (American moose) - species not universally accepted as distinct from A. alces

References

• Alces on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Alces on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Alces on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Alces at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Alces at AnimalBase
• Alces at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Alces in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• “Alces”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈal.keːs/, [ˈäɫ̪keːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.t͡ʃes/, [ˈäl̠ʲt͡ʃes]

Proper noun

Alcēs m sg (genitive Alcis); third declension

1. A river in Bithynia, mentioned by Pliny

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Alcēs
Genitive	Alcis
Dative	Alcī
Accusative	Alcem
Ablative	Alce
Vocative	Alcēs

References

• Alces in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.