Palaemon

Translingual

Proper noun

Palaemon

A taxonomic genus within the family Palaemonidae – certain shrimps.

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Παλαίμων (Palaímōn).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /paˈlae̯.moːn/, [päˈɫ̪äe̯moːn]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈle.mon/, [päˈlɛːmon]
(Classical) IPA^(key): /paˈlae̯.mon/, [päˈɫ̪äe̯mɔn]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈle.mon/, [päˈlɛːmon]

Proper noun

Palaemō̆n m sg (genitive Palaemō̆nis or Palaemō̆nos); third declension

Palaemon, a sea god who was the son of Athamus and Ino

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Palaemō̆n
Genitive	Palaemō̆nis Palaemō̆nos
Dative	Palaemō̆nī
Accusative	Palaemō̆na
Ablative	Palaemō̆ne
Vocative	Palaemō̆n

References

“Palaemon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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