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

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