hippurus

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

hippūrus, i, m., = ἵππουρος,

a fish (perh. golden carp , gold fish , Coryphaena hippurus, Linn.), Ov. Hal. 95; Plin. 9, 16, 24, § 57; 32, 11, 53, § 149.

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