phalaeceus

Latin

Alternative forms

• phalaecīus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φαλαίκειος (phalaíkeios), from the name of the poet Φάλαικος (Phálaikos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pʰa.lae̯ˈkeː.us/, [pʰäɫ̪äe̯ˈkeːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fa.leˈt͡ʃe.us/, [fäleˈt͡ʃɛːus]

Adjective

phalaecēus (feminine phalaecēa, neuter phalaecēum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (poetry) phalaecean, being hendecasyllabic and consisting of a spondee, a dactyl and three trochees

   versus phalaecēus (the phalaecean/hendecasyllabic verse)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	phalaecēus	phalaecēa	phalaecēum		phalaecēī	phalaecēae	phalaecēa
Genitive	phalaecēī	phalaecēae	phalaecēī		phalaecēōrum	phalaecēārum	phalaecēōrum
Dative	phalaecēō		phalaecēō		phalaecēīs
Accusative	phalaecēum	phalaecēam	phalaecēum		phalaecēōs	phalaecēās	phalaecēa
Ablative	phalaecēō	phalaecēā	phalaecēō		phalaecēīs
Vocative	phalaecēe	phalaecēa	phalaecēum		phalaecēī	phalaecēae	phalaecēa

Descendants

• → Italian: falecio, faleceo

References

• “Phalaecus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Phalaecus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Phalaecus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung