cetos

See also: cețos

Latin

Pronunciation
  • cētos: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkeː.tos/, [ˈkeːt̪ɔs̠]
  • cētos: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.tos/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːt̪os]
  • cētōs: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkeː.toːs/, [ˈkeːt̪oːs̠]
  • cētōs: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.tos/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːt̪os]

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

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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