echeneis

See also: Echeneis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐχενηΐς (ekhenēḯs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /e.kʰeˈneː.is/, [ɛkʰɛˈneːɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.keˈne.is/, [ekeˈnɛːis]

Noun

echenēis f (genitive echenēidis); third declension

1. The suckerfish, remora

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	echenēis	echenēidēs
genitive	echenēidis	echenēidum
dative	echenēidī	echenēidibus
accusative	echenēidem	echenēidēs
ablative	echenēide	echenēidibus
vocative	echenēis	echenēidēs

References

• “echeneis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “echeneis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• echeneis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.