phrynos

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φρύνος (phrúnos).

Pronunciation

Noun

phrȳnos m (genitive phrȳnī); second declension

  1. 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.