See also: Acipenser

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Related to Ancient Greek ἀκκιπήσιος (akkipḗsios).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

acipēnser m (genitive acipēnseris); third declension

  1. a fish highly esteemed by the Romans, perhaps the sturgeon

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative acipēnser acipēnserēs
Genitive acipēnseris acipēnserum
Dative acipēnserī acipēnseribus
Accusative acipēnserem acipēnserēs
Ablative acipēnsere acipēnseribus
Vocative acipēnser acipēnserēs

Synonyms edit

  • (fish highly esteemed; sturgeon): helops

Descendants edit

  • Translingual: Acipenser

References edit

  • acipenser”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • acipenser”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • acipenser in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.