ballaena

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina).

Pronunciation

Noun

ballaena f (genitive ballaenae); first declension

  1. a whale

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative ballaena ballaenae
genitive ballaenae ballaenārum
dative ballaenae ballaenīs
accusative ballaenam ballaenās
ablative ballaenā ballaenīs
vocative ballaena ballaenae

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Descendants

References

  • “ballaena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ballaena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ballaena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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