elacaten

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἠλᾰκᾰτήν (ēlăkătḗn). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eːˈɫa.ka.teːn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈlaː.ka.ten] === Noun === ēlacatēn m (genitive ēlacatēnos); third declension a large sea fish, a tuna (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant). ==== Synonyms ==== ēlacatae f pl === References === “ēlăcătēnes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ēlăcătēna”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “579/1” “ēlacatēna” on page 597/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)