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 of the genus Strombus of marine gastropods in which the shell has the outer lip dilated into a broad wing.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for strombus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek στρόμβος (strómbos, “shell, conch, snail”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈstrom.bus/, [ˈs̠t̪ɾɔm.bʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈstrom.bus/, [ˈst̪rɔm.bus]
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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