phalangium
See also: Phalangium
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek φαλάγγιον (phalángion).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pʰaˈlan.ɡi.um/, [pʰäˈɫ̪äŋɡiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /faˈlan.d͡ʒi.um/, [fäˈlän̠ʲd͡ʒium]
Noun
[edit]phalangium n (genitive phalangiī or phalangī); second declension
- A kind of venomous spider
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | phalangium | phalangia |
| genitive | phalangiī phalangī1 |
phalangiōrum |
| dative | phalangiō | phalangiīs |
| accusative | phalangium | phalangia |
| ablative | phalangiō | phalangiīs |
| vocative | phalangium | phalangia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
[edit]- “phalangium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- phalangium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.