silurus

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See also: Silurus

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

silurus (plural siluri or siluruses)

  1. (zoology) Any fish of the genus Silurus; a sheatfish.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σίλουρος (sílouros).

Noun

silūrus m (genitive silūrī); second declension

  1. sheatfish

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative silūrus silūrī
Genitive silūrī silūrōrum
Dative silūrō silūrīs
Accusative silūrum silūrōs
Ablative silūrō silūrīs
Vocative silūre silūrī

References

  • “silurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “silurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • silurus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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