whale
whale
subs.
Ar. and V. κῆτος, τό (Eur. Frag.).
subs.
Ar. and V. κῆτος, τό (Eur. Frag.).
WHALE
balaena (Plin.): cetus (any large fish or sea-monster). Whale fishery captura balaenarum: whale-bone os balaenae.
balaena (Plin.): cetus (any large fish or sea-monster). Whale fishery captura balaenarum: whale-bone os balaenae.
whale:
1. bālaena: the dolphins suckle their young, as does the w., delphini nutriunt uberibus, sicut balaena, Plin. 9, 8, 7: the huge backs of w.s, balaenarum immania terga, Ov. M. 2, 9.
2. cētus, i, m. (also n., and in plur. cete): huge w.s, immania cete, Virg. Aen. 5, 822: (the word is rather indefinite for any great sea animal: it is used by Vitruvius for the constellation of the Whale).
3. pistrix, īcis, f. (a doubtful sea monster, perh. a whale): a w. with huge body, immani corpore pistrix, Virg. Aen. 3, 427 (of Scylla): the back of the Whale (constellation), Pistricis terga, Cic. Arat. 152.
1. bālaena: the dolphins suckle their young, as does the w., delphini nutriunt uberibus, sicut balaena, Plin. 9, 8, 7: the huge backs of w.s, balaenarum immania terga, Ov. M. 2, 9.
2. cētus, i, m. (also n., and in plur. cete): huge w.s, immania cete, Virg. Aen. 5, 822: (the word is rather indefinite for any great sea animal: it is used by Vitruvius for the constellation of the Whale).
3. pistrix, īcis, f. (a doubtful sea monster, perh. a whale): a w. with huge body, immani corpore pistrix, Virg. Aen. 3, 427 (of Scylla): the back of the Whale (constellation), Pistricis terga, Cic. Arat. 152.