λάβραξ

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λάβρος (lábros, furious, fierce).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

λάβραξ (lábraxm (genitive λάβρᾱκος); third declension

  1. European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

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Descendants

  • Latin: Labrax
  • Old Armenian: ղաբրաքս (łabrakʻs)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λάβρος (> DER Fish-names: λάβρᾱξ, -ᾱκος)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 818

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