cetus

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Latin > English

cetus ceti N M :: whale; porpoise; dolphin; its flesh; sea monster (offered Andromeda)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

cētus: i, m. (acc. to the Gr. cētŏs, n., Plin. 32, 1, 4, § 10; and hence common in the plur. cētē = κήτη, Verg. A. 5, 822; Plin. 9, 24, 40, § 78; 9, 50, 74, § 157; Sil. 7, 476), = κῆτος,
I any large sea-animal, a seamonster; particularly a species of whale, a shark, dog-fish, seal, dolphin, etc., Plin. l. l.; Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 5; id. Capt. 4, 2, 72; Cels. 2, 18.—
II As a constellation, the Whale, Vitr. 9, 7; Manil. 1, 612.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

cētus,¹⁵ ī, m. (κῆτος), cétacé, monstre marin : Serv. En. 1, 550 || poisson de mer, marée : Pl. Aul. 375 || la Baleine [constell.] : Manil. 1, 612.

Latin > German (Georges)

cētus, ī, m. (κητος, τό), I) allgemeiner Name aller walfischartigen Tiere (beluae marinae), als Walfisch, Hai, Delphin, Plaut., Varr. fr. u. Cels. – auch griech. (το κητος) cetos, Plin.: u. Plur. cete (κήτεα, zsgzg. κήτη), Verg. u. Plin. – II) übtr., der Walfisch, ein Sternbild der südl. Halbkugel, Vitr. u.a.

Latin > Chinese

cetus vel cetos, i. m. :: 大魚鰲魚鯨魚星名