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Latin
Etymology
From a Proto-Indo-European root common to Ancient Greek ἔτελις (ételis, “bream”), Latvian ãte (“turbot”) and Lithuanian õtas (“turbot”).[1]
Noun
attilus m (genitive attilī); second declension
- a kind of large fish found in the Padus river
Declension
Second-declension noun.
References
- “attilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- attilus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.