ballaena

== Latin == === Alternative forms === bālaena, ballēna, bālēna === Etymology === From Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [balˈlae̯.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [balˈlɛː.na] === Noun === ballaena f (genitive ballaenae); first declension a whale ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== bālaenācius ==== Descendants ==== ==== See also ==== cetus === References === “ballaena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ballaena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “ballaena”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.