ballaena
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /balˈlae̯.na/, [bälˈlʲäe̯nä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /balˈle.na/, [bälˈlɛːnä]
Noun edit
ballaena f (genitive ballaenae); first declension
- a whale
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ballaena | ballaenae |
| Genitive | ballaenae | ballaenārum |
| Dative | ballaenae | ballaenīs |
| Accusative | ballaenam | ballaenās |
| Ablative | ballaenā | ballaenīs |
| Vocative | ballaena | ballaenae |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Asturian: ballena, baḷḷena
- → Proto-Basque: *baLena
- Basque: balea
- Catalan: balena
- Corsican: balena
- Emilian: baläṅna
- → Old French: baleine
- Friulian: balene
- → Hungarian: bálna
- Italian: balena (see there for further descendants)
- Karipúna Creole French: balén
- Ladin: balena
- Occitan: balena
- Old Galician-Portuguese: balẽa
- Piedmontese: balena
- Romanian: balenă
- Romansch: balena
- Sardinian: balèna
- Spanish: ballena (see there for further descendants)
- Venetian: bałéna
- Walloon: ballaînn
References edit
- “ballaena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ballaena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ballaena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.