colias

See also: Colias

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κολῐ́ᾱς (kolíās, “coly-mackerel, Scomber colias”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈko.li.aːs/, [ˈkɔlʲiäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.li.as/, [ˈkɔːliäs]

Noun

coliās m (genitive coliae); first declension

1. A kind of tuna.

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās).

	singular	plural
nominative	coliās	coliae
genitive	coliae	coliārum
dative	coliae	coliīs
accusative	coliān	coliās
ablative	coliā	coliīs
vocative	coliā	coliae

References

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