vitulus marinus

== Latin == === Etymology === From vitulus + marīnus. Compare English sea calf and the use of other terrestrial animals' names to create ones of aquatic and semiaquatic animals in compounds with the adjective marīnus: porcus marīnus (“porpoise”, literally “sea pork”), rāna marīna (“anglerfish”, literally “sea frog”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwɪ.tʊ.ɫʊs maˈriː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈviː.tu.lus maˈriː.nus] === Noun === vitulus marīnus m (genitive vitulī marīnī); second declension seal, sea calf Synonyms: vitulus, phōca, (Medieval Latin) canis marīnus ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun with a second-declension adjective. === Further reading === “vitulus marinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.