peloris

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek πελωρίς (pelōrís).

Noun

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pelōris f (genitive pelōridis); third declension

  1. large mussel or clam

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Descendants

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  • French: palourde

References

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  • peloris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • peloris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • peloris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • peloris”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers