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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Latin attilus (“kind of fish”) shows a general resemblance. Farther away are Latvian āte and Lithuanian atìs (“turbot”). Strömberg rather envisages derivation from ἔταλον (étalon, “yearling”), while DELG calls both suggestions improbable.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /é.te.lis/ → /ˈe.te.lis/ → /ˈe.te.lis/
Noun
ἔτελις • (ételis)
- kind of fish, perhaps the gilthead
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