mirmillo
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]mirmillo (plural mirmillos or mirmillones)
- (historical) A kind of gladiator, known for wearing a Gallic helmet with the image of a fish.
Latin
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μόρμυλος (mórmulos), a variant of μορμύρος (mormúros, “striped seabream, Lithognathus mormyrus”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /mirˈmil.loː/, [mɪrˈmɪlːʲoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mirˈmil.lo/, [mirˈmilːo]
Noun
[edit]mirmillō m (genitive mirmillōnis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mirmillō | mirmillōnēs |
| Genitive | mirmillōnis | mirmillōnum |
| Dative | mirmillōnī | mirmillōnibus |
| Accusative | mirmillōnem | mirmillōnēs |
| Ablative | mirmillōne | mirmillōnibus |
| Vocative | mirmillō | mirmillōnēs |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “mirmillo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mirmillo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mirmillo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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