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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek λάμυρος (lámuros).
Pronunciation
Noun
lamyrus m (genitive lamyrī); second declension
- A kind of marine fish
Declension
Second-declension noun.
References
- “lamyrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lamyrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lamyrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.