ἰχθυολύμης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἰχθύς (ikhthús, “fish”) + λύμη (lúmē, “maltreatment, defilement”).

Noun

ἰχθυολύμης • (ikhthuolúmēs) m (genitive ἰχθυολύμου); first declension

1. plague of fish
2. common epithet for a fish-eater

References

• “ἰχθυολύμης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press