mormyr

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μορμύρος (mormúros).

Pronunciation

Noun

mormyr f (genitive mormȳris); third declension

  1. sand steenbras (Lithognathus mormyrus)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mormyr mormȳrēs
Genitive mormȳris mormȳrum
Dative mormȳrī mormȳribus
Accusative mormȳrem mormȳrēs
Ablative mormȳre mormȳribus
Vocative mormyr mormȳrēs

References

  • “mormyr”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “mormyr”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mormyr in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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