phalaena
See also: Phalaena
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek φάλαινα (phálaina).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pʰaˈlae̯.na/, [pʰäˈɫ̪äe̯nä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /faˈle.na/, [fäˈlɛːnä]
Noun edit
phalaena f (genitive phalaenae); first declension
- (New Latin) a moth
- 1717, Maria Sibylla Merian, Erucarum ortus: alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis in qua origo ...:
- [...] nec non tempus, locus proprietates erucqrum vermium papilionum, phalaenarum, muscarum, aliorumque [...]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1828, Thomas Horsfield, Part I.II.[sic] of a Descriptive Catalogue Of The Lepidopterous Insects:
- Fam. A (Papilionum) Larva Tortriciformis; Larva nonnullis Phalaenarum larvis persimilis; subnuda; [...] Chrysalis similis phalaenarum pupis.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | phalaena | phalaenae |
| Genitive | phalaenae | phalaenārum |
| Dative | phalaenae | phalaenīs |
| Accusative | phalaenam | phalaenās |
| Ablative | phalaenā | phalaenīs |
| Vocative | phalaena | phalaenae |