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.

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