noun · femininethird declension
echenēis
echenēis f (genitive echenēidis)
Classical[ɛ.kʰɛˈneː.ɪs]Ecclesiastical[e.keˈnɛː.is]
Meaning
- The suckerfish, remora
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | echenēis | echenēidēs |
| genitive | echenēidis | echenēidum |
| dative | echenēidī | echenēidibus |
| accusative | echenēidem | echenēidēs |
| ablative | echenēide | echenēidibus |
| vocative | echenēis | echenēidēs |
ĕchĕnēis, ĭdis, f., = ἐχενηΐς,
I. the sucking-fish, remora, Echeneis remora, Linn.; Plin. 9, 25, 41, § 79; 35, 1, 1, § 2 sq.; Luc. 6, 675; Ov. Hal. 99; Isid. 12, 6, 34.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
echenēis idis, f
, ἔχενηΐς, the sucking-fish, remora, O.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐχενηΐς (ekhenēḯs).