elacaten

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἠλᾰκᾰτήν (ēlakatḗn).

Pronunciation

Noun

ēlacatēn m (genitive ēlacatēnos); third declension

  1. a large sea fish, a tuna
    • 1839 [8th century CE], Paulus Diaconus, edited by Karl Otfried Müller, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 76, line 15:
      E l a c a t e n a  genus salsamenti, quod appellatur vulgo melandrea.
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    (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ēlacatēn ēlacatēnes
Genitive ēlacatēnos ēlacatēnum
Dative ēlacatēnī ēlacatēnibus
Accusative ēlacatēna ēlacatēnas
Ablative ēlacatēne ēlacatēnibus
Vocative ēlacatēn ēlacatēnes

Synonyms

  • ēlacatae f pl

References

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