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
- kind of fresh-water fish
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | esox | esocēs |
| Genitive | esocis | esocum |
| Dative | esocī | esocibus |
| Accusative | esocem | esocēs |
| Ablative | esoce | esocibus |
| Vocative | esox | esocēs |
Descendants
- Translingual: Esox
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)