alausa

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈlau̯.sa/, [äˈɫ̪äu̯s̠ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈlau̯.sa/, [äˈläːu̯sä]

Noun

alausa f (genitive alausae); first declension

1. The allis shad

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alausa	alausae
Genitive	alausae	alausārum
Dative	alausae	alausīs
Accusative	alausam	alausās
Ablative	alausā	alausīs
Vocative	alausa	alausae

Descendants

• French: alose
• Italian: alosa

References

• “alausa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• alausa 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)