scomber

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

scomber, bri, m., = σκόμβρος,

a kind of tunny , a mackerel : Scomber scomber, Linn.; Plin. 9, 15, 19, § 49; 31, 8, 43, § 94; 32, 11, 53, § 151; Col. 8, 17, 12; Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 71; Cat. 95, 8; Pers. 1, 43; Mart. 3, 50, 9; 4, 87, 8; 13, 102, 2.

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