smyrus

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σμῦρος (smûros, eel).

Pronunciation

Noun

smȳrus m (genitive smȳrī); second declension

  1. A kind of marine fish

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative smȳrus smȳrī
genitive smȳrī smȳrōrum
dative smȳrō smȳrīs
accusative smȳrum smȳrōs
ablative smȳrō smȳrīs
vocative smȳre smȳrī

References

  • smyrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • smyrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.