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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἔλλοψ (éllops).(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
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Noun
helops m (genitive helopis); third declension
- sterlet
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Synonyms
References
- “helops”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “helops”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers