cheniscus

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χηνίσκος (khēnískos).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʰeːˈnis.kus/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /keˈnis.kus/,

Noun

chēniscus m (genitive chēniscī); second declension

(nautical) The ornament in the form of a goose on a ship's stern

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	chēniscus	chēniscī
genitive	chēniscī	chēniscōrum
dative	chēniscō	chēniscīs
accusative	chēniscum	chēniscōs
ablative	chēniscō	chēniscīs
vocative	chēnisce	chēniscī

References

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

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