LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun

ēlăcătēnes

Meaning

  1. a large sea-fish

ēlăcătēnes, um, m., = ἠλακατῆνες,
I. a large sea-fish, a tunny, so called from its resemblance in shape to a spindle, ἠλακάτη, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 149 (dub.; Jan. and Sillig ictinus, iulis).—Also called ēlăcătae, Col. 8, 17, 12. Here belongs elacatena genus salsamenti, quod appellatur vulgo melandrea, Paul. ex Fest. p. 76, 15 Müll.

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What does ēlăcătēnes mean in Latin?
ēlăcătēnes, a noun, means “a large sea-fish”.