cetos

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See also: cețos

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos, “any sea-monster or huge fish”). Plural κήτη (kḗtē).

Noun

cētos n (genitive cētī); second declension

  1. Alternative form of cētus (but neuter)
Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type, nominative/accusative/vocative in -os).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cētos cētē
Genitive cētī cētōn
Dative cētō cētīs
Accusative cētos cētē
Ablative cētō cētīs
Vocative cētos cētē

Etymology 2

Noun

cētōs

  1. accusative plural of cētus

References

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