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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek φρύνος (phrúnos).
Pronunciation
Noun
phrȳnos m (genitive phrȳnī); second declension
- A kind of venomous frog
Declension
Second-declension noun (Greek-type).
References
- “phrynos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- phrynos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.