cercurus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κέρκουρος (kérkouros).

Noun

cercūrus m (genitive cercūrī); second declension

  1. a cercurus (fast, light vessel used by the Cyprians)
  2. a type of marine fish

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cercūrus cercūrī
genitive cercūrī cercūrōrum
dative cercūrō cercūrīs
accusative cercūrum cercūrōs
ablative cercūrō cercūrīs
vocative cercūre cercūrī

References

  • cercurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cercurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cercurus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • cercurus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cercurus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin