1. σέλαχος · selachos — Beekes
The corpus record
σέλαχ-ος
selachos
cartilaginous fish
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Where it lives
- De Respiratione 2 · 3.29/10k
What it meant
2. σέλαχος · selachos — Chantraine
3. σέλαχος · selachos — Frisk
4. σέλαχ-ος · selach-os — LSJ
the cartilaginous or elasmobranch fishes, sharks and rays, Arist. HA 505a1, 511a5, al.; ἰχθύσι σελάχεσι Hp. Morb. 2.50, etc. (Some derived the name from σέλας, because fishes of this kind emit a phosphorescent light, Gal. 6.737.)
In the wild
- σελαχῶν · selachōn Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 100)
- σελάχη · selachē Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 97)
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.
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