melanurus
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μελάνουρος (melánouros, “Saddled seabream”), from μελανός (melanós) (genitive of μέλας (mélas, “black”)) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /me.laˈnuː.rus/, [mɛɫ̪äˈnuːrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /me.laˈnu.rus/, [meläˈnuːrus]
Noun
[edit]melanūrus m (genitive melanūrī); second declension
- A type of edible sea fish
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | melanūrus | melanūrī |
Genitive | melanūrī | melanūrōrum |
Dative | melanūrō | melanūrīs |
Accusative | melanūrum | melanūrōs |
Ablative | melanūrō | melanūrīs |
Vocative | melanūre | melanūrī |
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Adjective
[edit]melanūrus (feminine melanūra, neuter melanūrum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | melanūrus | melanūra | melanūrum | melanūrī | melanūrae | melanūra | |
Genitive | melanūrī | melanūrae | melanūrī | melanūrōrum | melanūrārum | melanūrōrum | |
Dative | melanūrō | melanūrō | melanūrīs | ||||
Accusative | melanūrum | melanūram | melanūrum | melanūrōs | melanūrās | melanūra | |
Ablative | melanūrō | melanūrā | melanūrō | melanūrīs | |||
Vocative | melanūre | melanūra | melanūrum | melanūrī | melanūrae | melanūra |
References
[edit]- “melanurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “melanurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- melanurus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.