smyrus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σμῦρος (smûros, “eel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsmyː.rus/, [ˈs̠myːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsmi.rus/, [ˈzmiːrus]

Noun

smȳrus m (genitive smȳrī); second declension

1. A kind of marine fish

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	smȳrus	smȳrī
genitive	smȳrī	smȳrōrum
dative	smȳrō	smȳrīs
accusative	smȳrum	smȳrōs
ablative	smȳrō	smȳrīs
vocative	smȳre	smȳrī

References

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