Pallene

See also: pallene

English

Proper noun

Pallene

1. (astronomy) A moon of Saturn.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Παλλήνη (Pallḗnē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /palˈleː.neː/, [pälˈlʲeːneː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /palˈle.ne/, [pälˈlɛːne]

Proper noun

Pallēnē f sg (genitive Pallēnēs); first declension

1. A peninsula and town of Chalcidice, where the battle between gods and giants took place

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Pallēnē
genitive	Pallēnēs
dative	Pallēnae
accusative	Pallēnēn
ablative	Pallēnē
vocative	Pallēnē
locative	Pallēnae

Derived terms

• Pallēnaeus
• Pallēnēnsis

See also

• Phlegra

References

• “Pallene”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pallene in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Pallene”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly