cetus
cētus, ī, m.; cētos, ī, n.; pl.: cētē, κῆτος, whales, sharks, sea-monsters, 5.822.
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,
- 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 (375); id. Capt. 4, 2, 72 (852); Cels. 2, 18.—
- II As a constellation, the Whale, Vitr. 9, 7; Manil. 1, 612.
cētus, ī, m. (κητος, τό), I) allgemeiner Name aller walfischartigen Tiere (beluae marinae), als Walfisch, Hai, Delphin, Plaut., Varr. fr. u. Cels. – auch griech. (τὸ κῆτος) cetos, Plin.: u. Plur. cete (κήτεα, zsgzg. κήτη), Verg. u. Plin. – II) übtr., der Walfisch, ein Sternbild der südl. Halbkugel, Vitr. u.a.
†ceces, genus beluae marinae
qui triduo servas coeti sub viscere vatem [cf. ]Matth. xii 40
coetus,hwæl
periculosa res est capere ~um [AS: ]hwæl
enormis ~us pelagi captus est
Deus qui liberasti ‥ Jonam de ventre caeti(
debet c s. pro ~o quodam
applicuit ~e in terra monachorum Cantuariensis que vocatur Leisdone
cethe sic pisciculos transsorbere petit
idem ‥ est ~us et balena. ‥ ~e dicuntur a corporis immanitate
de grandi ~e etc.: dicunt quod burgenses de Scardeburg’ illud rapuerunt de portu
quoddam ~e ex longo octoginta pedum per ipsum venit prope Londoniam
ursus vel elephas aut draco vel ~e maris aut alia bestia
pro Cancro [(i. e. rege Scotiae ] venient delphines, grandia cete [gl.: A. † ]hodoves (l.hodones ) qui sunt aliqui magni domini
hec balena, A.qwalle , hic ~us. hec ~a, hoc ~e, idem ‥, hec setus, hoc setearum,whalle
†cecas [(v.l. cetas ]
ambra, que est sperma ~e, res mire virtutis
ambra, sperma ~i ut quidam dicunt
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.
- 1. groot zeedier, bv. walvis, haai, dolfijn;
- 2. zeemonster;
- 3. het sterrenbeeld Walvis.
Cetus
(κῆτος). Any large fish; sometimes the whale, but often the tunny-fish.