ἰχθυολύμης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἰχθύς (ikhthús, “fish”) + λύμη (lúmē, “maltreatment, defilement”).
Noun
ἰχθυολύμης • (ikhthuolúmēs) m (genitive ἰχθυολύμου); first declension
- plague of fish
- common epithet for a fish-eater
References
- “ἰχθυολύμης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press