cete
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cetus, ceti:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
whale; porpoise; dolphin; its flesh; sea monster (offered Andromeda);
voc. sg. - Entry →cetos, ceti:
Neuter · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
whale; porpoise; dolphin; its flesh; sea monster (offered Andromeda);
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. sg.
Examples

Liber Secundus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...Polyxo (non patriam, non certa genus, sed maxima cete Proteaque ambiguum Pharii se patris ab antris huc rexisse..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...ventique silent; cantuque quieto armigeri Tritones eunt scopulosaque cete Tyrrhenique greges circumque infraque rotantur rege salutato; placidis ipse..."Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...vasto aethere nimbi. tum variae comitum facies, immania cete, et senior Glauci chorus Inousque Palaemon Tritonesque citi Phorcique..."
