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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γλάνις (glánis) [γλάνιος (glánios)], derived from Ancient Greek γλάνος (glános, “hyena”).
Noun
glanis m (genitive glanis); third declension
- (Pliny the Elder) a kind of river fish; probably catfish or shad
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Synonyms
References
- “glanis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- glanis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “glanis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Charlton Thomas Lewis, Charles Short: A Latin Dictionary
- Hjalmar Frisk: Griechisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, 1, 310.