halipleumon

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἁλιπλεύμων (halipleúmōn, “sea-lungs, jelly-fish”), akin to πλεύμων (pleúmōn, “lungs; sea-lungs, jelly-fish”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ha.liˈpleu̯.moːn/, [hälʲɪˈpɫ̪ɛu̯moːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.liˈpleu̯.mon/, [äliˈplɛːu̯mon]

Noun

halipleumōn m (genitive halipleumonis); third declension

1. a jelly-fish

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	halipleumōn	halipleumonēs
genitive	halipleumonis	halipleumonum
dative	halipleumonī	halipleumonibus
accusative	halipleumonem	halipleumonēs
ablative	halipleumone	halipleumonibus
vocative	halipleumōn	halipleumonēs

References

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