pelamys

Latin

Alternative forms

• pēlamis

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek πηλαμύς (pēlamús).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpeː.la.mys/, [ˈpeːɫ̪ämʏs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.la.mis/, [ˈpɛːlämis]

Noun

pēlamys f (genitive pēlamydis); third declension

1. a young tunny (a.k.a. tuna) before it reaches one year of age (thereafter called thynnus)
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Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pēlamys	pēlamydēs
Genitive	pēlamydis	pēlamydum
Dative	pēlamydī	pēlamydibus
Accusative	pēlamydem	pēlamydēs
Ablative	pēlamyde	pēlamydibus
Vocative	pēlamys	pēlamydēs

References

• “pēlămis…and pēlamys”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pelamys”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pēlămis…et pēlămy̆s in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,133/1”
• “pēlamys…⁓is” on page 1,319/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)