sphyraena

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σφύραινα (sphúraina).

Pronunciation

Noun

sphȳraena f (genitive sphȳraenae); first declension

  1. A kind of sea fish

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sphȳraena sphȳraenae
genitive sphȳraenae sphȳraenārum
dative sphȳraenae sphȳraenīs
accusative sphȳraenam sphȳraenās
ablative sphȳraenā sphȳraenīs
vocative sphȳraena sphȳraenae

References

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