echeneis

See also: Echeneis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐχενηΐς (ekhenēḯs).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /e.kʰeˈneː.is/, [ɛkʰɛˈneːɪs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.keˈne.is/, [ekeˈnɛːis]

Noun

echenēis f (genitive echenēidis); third declension

The suckerfish, remora

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	echenēis	echenēidēs
Genitive	echenēidis	echenēidum
Dative	echenēidī	echenēidibus
Accusative	echenēidem	echenēidēs
Ablative	echenēide	echenēidibus
Vocative	echenēis	echenēidēs

References

“echeneis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“echeneis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
echeneis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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