pecten – Latin noun declension

Noun: pecten
Hyphenation:

Gender: Masculine Declension: Third

Nominative

Singular	pecten
Plural	pectinēs

Genitive

Singular	pectinis
Plural	pectinum

Dative

Singular	pectinī
Plural	pectinibus

Accusative

Singular	pectinem
Plural	pectinēs

Ablative

Singular	pectine
Plural	pectinibus

Vocative

Singular	pecten
Plural	pectinēs

Sample Sentences

Naidēs effusīs aliae sine pectinis ūsū, (The Naiad nymphs were there, some with locks dishevelled without the application of the comb,

others with their hair arranged both with taste and labour.

1851. The Fasti &c of Ovid. Trans. & notes by H. T. Riley. London: H. G. Bohn. pg. 27.) [8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 1.405–406]
Proxima Circaeae raduntur litora terrae,
dives inaccessos ubi Solis filia lucos
adsiduo resonat cantu tectisque superbis
urit odoratam nocturna in lumina cedrum, (1910 translation by Theodore Chickering Williams

Close to the lands of Circe soon they fare,

Where the Sun's golden daughter in far groves

Sounds forth her ceaseless song; her lofty hall

Is fragrant every night with flaring brands

Of cedar, giving light the while she weaves

With shrill-voiced shuttle at her linens fine.) [29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 7.10-15]
Nec non Threïcius longa cum veste sacerdos
obloquitur numeris septem discrimina vocum, (The Thracian bard in ample dress seven notes does on his lyre strike, and sometimes with his fingers, and here with ivory quill.) [29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 6.645-647]

Nouns inflected like pecten

siticen, tībīcen, cornicen, liticen, liricen, psalmicen, cicūticen, oscen, lyricen, prōflāmen, citharicen, tubicen, fidicen, pecten,

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *peḱ-
3. Proto-Indo-European *peḱt-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-ḗn
5. Proto-Indo-European *pḱtḗn
6. Proto-Italic *pekten
7. Latin pecten
8. From Proto-Italic *pekten, from Proto-Indo-European *pḱtḗn, ultimately from the root *peḱ- (“pluck”, whence pectō). Cognate with Ancient Greek κτείς (kteís). See: Ancient Greek Nouns 'κτείς'.

Verbs referencing "pecten"

Catalan Nouns pinta, Spanish Nouns pendejo, Portuguese Nouns pentelho, Portuguese Nouns pente, English Nouns pecten, Romanian Nouns pieptene, Catalan Nouns pinte, Italian Nouns pettine, French Nouns peigne, Galician Nouns peite, Galician Nouns empeña, Asturian Nouns peñe, Old Portuguese Nouns peitẽe, Ancient Greek Nouns κτείς, Spanish Nouns pechina, Galician Nouns pentello, Catalan Nouns petxina, Italian Nouns pettignone, Italian Nouns pettinicchia, Catalan Nouns pentinella, Russian Nouns пеньюар, Catalan Nouns pentenill, Italian Nouns pettinicchio, Catalan Nouns copinya.