strombus
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See also: Strombus
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) 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.
Case | 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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