pelamys

== Latin == === Alternative forms === pēlamis === Etymology === From the Ancient Greek πηλαμύς (pēlamús). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpeː.ɫa.mys] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɛː.la.mis] === Noun === pēlamys f (genitive pēlamydis); third declension a young tunny (tuna before it reaches one year of age) (thereafter called thynnus) (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?) (Can we find and add a quotation of Juvenal to this entry?) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “pēlămis…and pēlamys”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “pelamys”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “pēlămis…et pēlămy̆s”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,133/1” “pēlamys…⁓is” on page 1,319/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)