phalaeceus

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek φαλαίκειος (phalaíkeios), from the name of the poet Φάλαικος (Phálaikos).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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phalaecēus (feminine phalaecēa, neuter phalaecēum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (poetry) phalaecean, being hendecasyllabic and consisting of a spondee, a dactyl and three trochees
    versus phalaecēus (the phalaecean/hendecasyllabic verse)

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative phalaecēus phalaecēa phalaecēum phalaecēī phalaecēae phalaecēa
Genitive phalaecēī phalaecēae phalaecēī phalaecēōrum phalaecēārum phalaecēōrum
Dative phalaecēō phalaecēō phalaecēīs
Accusative phalaecēum phalaecēam phalaecēum phalaecēōs phalaecēās phalaecēa
Ablative phalaecēō phalaecēā phalaecēō phalaecēīs
Vocative phalaecēe phalaecēa phalaecēum phalaecēī phalaecēae phalaecēa

Descendants

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  • Italian: falecio, faleceo

References

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  • Phalaecus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Phalaecus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Phalaecus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung