esox

See also: Esox

Latin

Etymology

Probably from Gaulish *esoks, from Proto-Celtic *esoxs (compare Irish eo (“salmon”), Welsh Welsh eog (“salmon”)); usually also compared to Ancient Greek ἴσοξ (ísox, “unknown whale-like fish”), attested only in a vocabulary list.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈe.soks/, [ˈɛs̠ɔks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.soks/, [ˈɛːs̬oks]

Noun

esox m (genitive esocis); third declension

1. kind of fresh-water fish

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	esox	esocēs
genitive	esocis	esocum
dative	esocī	esocibus
accusative	esocem	esocēs
ablative	esoce	esocibus
vocative	esox	esocēs

Descendants

• Translingual: Esox
• Basque: izokin
  • → Spanish: esguín

References

• “esox”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• esox in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)