"Archipelagus" meaning in Latin

See Archipelagus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Byzantine Greek Ἀρχιπέλαγος (Arkhipélagos), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “main”) + πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”), literally “the Main Sea”. By surface analysis, archi- + pelagus. Etymology templates: {{bor+|la|gkm|Ἀρχιπέλαγος}} Borrowed from Byzantine Greek Ἀρχιπέλαγος (Arkhipélagos), {{af|grc|ἀρχι-<t:main>|πέλαγος<t:sea>|lit=the Main Sea|nocat=1}} ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “main”) + πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”), literally “the Main Sea”, {{surf|la|archi-|pelagus}} By surface analysis, archi- + pelagus Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Archipelagus<2.N>|acc_sg=Archipelagus/Archipelagum}} Archipelagus n sg (genitive Archipelagī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Archipelagus<2.n>|acc_sg=Archipelagus/Archipelagum|voc_sg=Archipelagus}} Forms: Archipelagī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Archipelagus [nominative, singular], Archipelagī [genitive, singular], Archipelagō [dative, singular], Archipelagus [accusative, singular], Archipelagum [accusative, singular], Archipelagō [ablative, singular], Archipelagus [singular, vocative]
  1. (New Latin) synonym of Aegaeum mare Tags: New-Latin, declension-2, neuter, singular Synonyms: Aegaeum mare [synonym, synonym-of] Related terms: archipelagus
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