pecten
See also: Pecten
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pecten (plural pectens or pectines)
- (anatomy, obsolete) The bones in the hand between the wrist and the fingers. [15th–16th c.]
- (anatomy) The pubic bone.
- (anatomy) A comb structure.
- (zoology) One of the genus Pecten of scallops.
Further reading edit
- pecten on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- pecten (bivalve) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- pecten (biology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- pecten on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
French edit
Noun edit
pecten m (plural pectens)
- pecten (scallop)
Further reading edit
- “pecten”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *pekten, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱten-s, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“pluck”) (whence pecto). Cognate with Ancient Greek κτείς (kteís).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpek.ten/, [ˈpɛkt̪ɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpek.ten/, [ˈpɛkt̪en]
Noun edit
pecten m (genitive pectinis); third declension
- comb
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.405–406:
- Naidēs effusīs aliae sine pectinis ūsū,
pars aderant positīs arte manūque cōmis- The Naiad nymphs were there, some with locks dishevelled without the application of the comb,
others with their hair arranged both with taste and labour.
1851. The Fasti &c of Ovid. Trans. & notes by H. T. Riley. London: H. G. Bohn. pg. 27.
- The Naiad nymphs were there, some with locks dishevelled without the application of the comb,
- Naidēs effusīs aliae sine pectinis ūsū,
- pubic hair
- scallop
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pecten | pectinēs |
Genitive | pectinis | pectinum |
Dative | pectinī | pectinibus |
Accusative | pectinem | pectinēs |
Ablative | pectine | pectinibus |
Vocative | pecten | pectinēs |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
- → English: pecten
References edit
- “pecten”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pecten”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pecten in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- pecten in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “pecten”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “pecten”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin