penelops

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πηνέλοψ (pēnélops).

Pronunciation

Noun

pēnelops f (genitive pēnelopis); third declension

  1. A kind of duck

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative pēnelops pēnelopēs
genitive pēnelopis pēnelopum
dative pēnelopī pēnelopibus
accusative pēnelopem pēnelopēs
ablative pēnelope pēnelopibus
vocative pēnelops pēnelopēs

References

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