phalangium

See also: Phalangium

Latin

Alternative forms

  • phalangion

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φαλάγγιον (phalángion).

Pronunciation

Noun

phalangium n (genitive phalangiī or phalangī); second declension

  1. A kind of venomous spider

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative phalangium phalangia
genitive phalangiī
phalangī1 		phalangiōrum
dative phalangiō phalangiīs
accusative phalangium phalangia
ablative phalangiō phalangiīs
vocative phalangium phalangia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

  • “phalangium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • phalangium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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