What does phoxinus mean in Latin?

phoxinus, a noun, means “common minnow”.

What is the genitive of phoxinus?

The genitive singular is phoxinī. phoxinus is masculine, second declension.

noun · masculinesecond declension

phoxinus m (genitive phoxinī)

masculinecommon minnow
[…]quam auricolorium Luciorum, Phoxinorum, Gobiorum & Muſtelarum fluuiatilium[…]1620, Friedrich Förner, chapter IV, in Beneficia miraculosa tam vetera quam recentia virginis Deiparae Weyerensis, page 9:

Renaissance Latin, from Ancient Greek φοξῖνος (phoxînos).

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