Pallene

See also: pallene

English

Proper noun

Pallene

  1. (astronomy) A moon of Saturn.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Παλλήνη (Pallḗnē).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Pallēnē f sg (genitive Pallēnēs); first declension

  1. A peninsula and town of Chalcidice, where the battle between gods and giants took place

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Pallēnē
Genitive Pallēnēs
Dative Pallēnae
Accusative Pallēnēn
Ablative Pallēnē
Vocative Pallēnē
Locative Pallēnae

Derived terms

  • Pallēnaeus
  • Pallēnēnsis

See also

References

  • Pallene”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Pallene in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Pallene”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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