archipelagus
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian arcipelago, semantically shifted from "the greatest of seas" (as the Grecian elements archi- and pelagus imply) to "a collection of islands", possibly due it being over-imposed in maps of the island-rich Aegean Sea.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ar.kʰɪˈpɛ.ɫa.ɡʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ar.kiˈpɛː.la.ɡus]
Noun
archipelagus n (genitive archipelagī)
- (New Latin) archipelago: a collection of islands
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | archipelagus | archipelagē |
| genitive | archipelagī | archipelagōrum |
| dative | archipelagō | archipelagīs |
| accusative | archipelagus | archipelagē |
| ablative | archipelagō | archipelagīs |
| vocative | archipelagus | archipelagē |