sphyraena

See also: Sphyraena

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σφύραινα (sphúraina).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /spʰyːˈrae̯.na/, [s̠pʰyːˈräe̯nä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sfiˈre.na/, [sfiˈrɛːnä]

Noun

sphȳraena f (genitive sphȳraenae); first declension

1. A kind of sea fish

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sphȳraena	sphȳraenae
genitive	sphȳraenae	sphȳraenārum
dative	sphȳraenae	sphȳraenīs
accusative	sphȳraenam	sphȳraenās
ablative	sphȳraenā	sphȳraenīs
vocative	sphȳraena	sphȳraenae

References

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