chrysophrys

See also: Chrysophrys

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χρύσοφρυς (khrúsophrus, “Sparus aurata”), from χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) + ὀφρῡ́ς (ophrū́s, “eyebrow”), because this fish has a golden spot over each eye.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰryː.so.pʰrys/, [ˈkʰryːs̠ɔpʰrʏs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.so.fris/, [ˈkriːs̬ofris]

Noun

chrȳsophrys f

1. a sea fish (Sparus aurata) with a golden spot over each eye

Declension

The attested forms show a Greek-like declension:

	singular	plural
nominative	chrȳsophrys	—
genitive	chrȳsophryos	—
dative	—	—
accusative	chrȳsophryn	—
ablative	—	—
vocative	—	—

References

• “chrysophrys”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “chrysophrys”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers