cheniscus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χηνίσκος (khēnískos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʰeːˈnis.kus/, [kʰeːˈnɪs̠kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /keˈnis.kus/, [keˈniskus]

Noun

chēniscus m (genitive chēniscī); second declension

1. (nautical) The ornament in the form of a goose on a ship's stern

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	chēniscus	chēniscī
genitive	chēniscī	chēniscōrum
dative	chēniscō	chēniscīs
accusative	chēniscum	chēniscōs
ablative	chēniscō	chēniscīs
vocative	chēnisce	chēniscī

References

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