cercurus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

cercūrus (cercȳrus), i, m., = κέρκουρος,

I a kind of light vessel peculiar to the Cyprians , Plaut. Merc. prol. 86; id. Stich. 2, 2, 44; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 533, 27; Liv. 33, 19, 10; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 208.—

II A sea-fish , Ov. Hal. 102; Plin. 32, 11, 54, § 152.

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