1. sĭlūrus — Lewis & Short
sĭlūrus, i, m., = si/louros,
I a riverfish, prob. the sheat-fish: Silurus glanis, Linn.; Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 44; 32, 9, 33, § 104; Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 47 Müll; Juv. 4, 33; 14, 132; Aus. Mos. 135.
The corpus record — Latin
silurus
silurus · m
a riverfish
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Where it lives
- Saturae 2 · 0.8/10k
- De Re Coquinaria 1 · 0.64/10k
- Naturalis Historia 18 · 0.45/10k
What it meant
2. silürus — Walde–Hofmann
silürus, -.m. ,Fluffisch" (,Wels* oder „Stör@?) (seit Lucil): aus gr. GíAoupos ds. unsicherer Etymologie (s. Boisacq s. v., SchraderN. RL. II? 651). — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. silürus, p. 1444]
Where it came from
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