phalaena

See also: Phalaena

Latin

Alternative forms

• phallaena f

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φάλαινα (phálaina).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pʰaˈlae̯.na/, [pʰäˈɫ̪äe̯nä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /faˈle.na/, [fäˈlɛːnä]

Noun

phalaena f (genitive phalaenae); first declension

1. (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 [...]

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   • 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.

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Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	phalaena	phalaenae
Genitive	phalaenae	phalaenārum
Dative	phalaenae	phalaenīs
Accusative	phalaenam	phalaenās
Ablative	phalaenā	phalaenīs
Vocative	phalaena	phalaenae

Related terms

• phalaenāceus
• phalaenothēria
• phalaenārius
• phalaenifer
• phalaeniceps