mormyr

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μορμύρος (mormúros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmor.myr/, [ˈmɔrmʏr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmor.mir/, [ˈmɔrmir]

Noun

mormyr f (genitive mormȳris); third declension

1. sand steenbras (Lithognathus mormyrus)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mormyr	mormȳrēs
genitive	mormȳris	mormȳrum
dative	mormȳrī	mormȳribus
accusative	mormȳrem	mormȳrēs
ablative	mormȳre	mormȳribus
vocative	mormyr	mormȳrēs

References

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