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Pluteus
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Plu′te-us
,Noun.
pl. L.
Plutei
(#)
, E. Pluteuses
(#)
. [L., a shed.]
(Zool.)
The free-swimming larva of sea urchins and ophiurans, having several long stiff processes inclosing calcareous rods.
Definition 2024
pluteus
pluteus
English
Noun
pluteus (plural pluteuses or plutei)
- (architecture) A low screen between columns, especially one that surrounds the choir of a church
- (zoology) The free-swimming larvae of echinoderms.
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unknown[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈplu.te.us/, [ˈpɫʊ.te.ʊs]
Noun
pluteus m (genitive pluteī); second declension
- A form of protective shed or breastwork
- A moveable screen
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pluteus | pluteī |
| genitive | pluteī | pluteōrum |
| dative | pluteō | pluteīs |
| accusative | pluteum | pluteōs |
| ablative | pluteō | pluteīs |
| vocative | plutee | pluteī |
References
- ↑ Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “pluteus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume II, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 595
- pluteus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pluteus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- PLUTEUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pluteus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- pluteus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pluteus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin