alausa
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Gaulish *alausa, but without any known Celtic correlations, it may ultimately be a substrate borrowing.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈlau̯.sa/, [äˈɫ̪äu̯s̠ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈlau̯.sa/, [äˈläːu̯sä]
Noun
[edit]alausa f (genitive alausae); first declension
- The allis shad
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | alausa | alausae |
| genitive | alausae | alausārum |
| dative | alausae | alausīs |
| accusative | alausam | alausās |
| ablative | alausā | alausīs |
| vocative | alausa | alausae |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “alausa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- alausa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)