molossus

See also: Molossus

English

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Etymology

From Latin molossus, from Ancient Greek μολοσσός (molossós), properly "belonging to the Molossians", a people in the eastern part of Epirus.

Noun

molossus (plural molossuses or molossi)

  1. (poetry) A metrical foot of three long syllables.

Translations

Latin

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Etymology

From μολοσσός (molossós).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /moˈlos.sus/, [mɔˈɫ̪ɔs̠ːʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /moˈlos.sus/, [moˈlɔsːus]

Noun

molossus m (genitive molossī); second declension

  1. A molosser dog
  2. (poetry) A metrical foot ( - - - )

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative molossus molossī
Genitive molossī molossōrum
Dative molossō molossīs
Accusative molossum molossōs
Ablative molossō molossīs
Vocative molosse molossī

Descendants

References
  • “molossus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • molossus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “molossus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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