acipenser

See also: Acipenser

Latin

Alternative forms

• acipēnsis
• acupēnser

Etymology

Related to Ancient Greek ἀκκιπήσιος (akkipḗsios).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.kiˈpen.ser/, [äkɪˈpẽːs̠ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.t͡ʃiˈpen.ser/, [ät͡ʃiˈpɛnser]

Noun

acipēnser m (genitive acipēnseris); third declension

1. a fish highly esteemed by the Romans, perhaps the sturgeon

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	acipēnser	acipēnserēs
genitive	acipēnseris	acipēnserum
dative	acipēnserī	acipēnseribus
accusative	acipēnserem	acipēnserēs
ablative	acipēnsere	acipēnseribus
vocative	acipēnser	acipēnserēs

Synonyms

• (fish highly esteemed; sturgeon): helops

Descendants

• Translingual: Acipenser

References

• “acipenser”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “acipenser”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• acipenser in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.