phalaena
See also: Phalaena
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φάλαινα (phálaina).
Alternative forms
- phallaena f
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pʰaˈlae̯.na/, [pʰaˈɫae̯.na]
Noun
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 [...]
- 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.
- 1717, Maria Sibylla Merian, Erucarum ortus: alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis in qua origo ...:
Declension
First declension.
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