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Phoxinus
Phoxinus
See also: phoxinus
Translingual
Proper noun
Phoxinus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cyprinidae – small fish, archetypically including the minnow.
phoxinus
phoxinus
See also: Phoxinus
Latin
Noun
phoxinus m (genitive phoxinī); second declension
- the common minnow
- 1620, Friedrich Förner, Beneficia miraculosa tam vetera quam recentia virginis Deiparae Weyerensis, cap. iv, page 9
- […] quam auricolorium Luciorum, Phoxinorum, Gobiorum & Muſtelarum fluuiatilium […]
- 1620, Friedrich Förner, Beneficia miraculosa tam vetera quam recentia virginis Deiparae Weyerensis, cap. iv, page 9
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | phoxinus | phoxinī |
| genitive | phoxinī | phoxinōrum |
| dative | phoxinō | phoxinīs |
| accusative | phoxinum | phoxinōs |
| ablative | phoxinō | phoxinīs |
| vocative | phoxine | phoxinī |
Descendants
- Translingual: Phoxinus