lampyris

See also: Lampyris

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λαμπυρίς (lampurís).

Noun

lampȳris f (genitive lampȳridis); third declension

1. A glowworm

   Synonym: cicindēla

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lampȳris	lampȳridēs
genitive	lampȳridis	lampȳridum
dative	lampȳridī	lampȳridibus
accusative	lampȳridem	lampȳridēs
ablative	lampȳride	lampȳridibus
vocative	lampȳris	lampȳridēs

Descendants

• Translingual: Lampyris

References

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