strombus
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin, from Ancient Greek στρόμβος (strómbos, “shell, conch, snail”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstɹɑm.bəs/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstɹɑm.bəs/
Noun
[edit]strombus (plural strombuses or strombi)
- (zoology) Any conch of the genus Strombus. Most subspecies are known as forms of fighting conchs.
References
[edit]- “strombus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek στρόμβος (strómbos, “shell, conch, snail”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈstrom.bus/, [ˈs̠t̪rɔmbʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈstrom.bus/, [ˈst̪rɔmbus]
Noun
[edit]strombus m (genitive strombī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | strombus | strombī |
genitive | strombī | strombōrum |
dative | strombō | strombīs |
accusative | strombum | strombōs |
ablative | strombō | strombīs |
vocative | strombe | strombī |
References
[edit]- “strombus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- strombus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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