vitulus marinus

Latin

Etymology

From vitulus +‎ marīnus. Compare English sea calf and the use of other terrestrial animals' names to create ones of aquatic and semiaquatic animals in compounds with the adjective marīnus: porcus marīnus (“porpoise”, literally “sea pork”), rāna marīna (“anglerfish”, literally “sea frog”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwɪ.tʊ.ɫʊs ˈma.rɪ.nʊs]

Noun

vitulus marīnus m (genitive vitulī marīnī); second declension

  1. seal, sea calf
    Synonyms: vitulus, phōca, (Medieval Latin) canis marīnus
    • 121 C.E., Suetonius, De Vita Caesarum, volume Aug.90:
      Tonitrua et fulgura paulo infirmius expavescebat, ut semper et ubique pellem vituli marini circumferret pro remedio, […]
      He had so great a fear of thunder and lightnings that, wherever he be, he always packed the hide of a seal to cover himself with as relief, […]

Declension

Second-declension noun with a second-declension adjective.

singular plural
nominative vitulus marīnus vitulī marīnī
genitive vitulī marīnī vitulōrum marīnōrum
dative vitulō marīnō vitulīs marīnīs
accusative vitulum marīnum vitulōs marīnōs
ablative vitulō marīnō vitulīs marīnīs
vocative vitule marīne vitulī marīnī

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