Definition of cetos
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LNS
cētos, cētos
cetus, cetos, cete
κῆτος
noun (n., indeclinable declension)
  1. any large sea-animal, a seamonster
  2. a species of whale, a shark, dog-fish, seal, dolphin
  3. the Whale
Abbreviations
cētus, i, m. (acc. to the Gr. cētos, n., Plin. 32, 1, 4, § 10; and hence common in the plur. cētē = κήτη, Verg. A. 5, 822; Plin. 9, 24, 40, § 78; 9, 50, 74, § 157; Sil. 7, 476), = κῆτος, any large sea-animal, a seamonster; particularly a species of whale, a shark, dog-fish, seal, dolphin, etc., Plin. l. l.; Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 5; id. Capt. 4, 2, 72; Cels. 2, 18.

— As a constellation, the Whale, Vitr. 9, 7; Manil. 1, 612.
 
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