Labeo
See also: labeo
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Latin labeō (“having large lips”).
Proper noun edit
Labeo m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cyprinidae – certain carps from Africa and Asia, the labeos.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Cypriniformes - order; Cyprinoidea - superfamily; Cyprinidae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Labeo niloticus (Nile carp) - type species
References edit
Labeo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Labeo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Labeo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From labeō (“person with large lips”), from labium (“lip”) + -ō (“forming nouns”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈla.be.oː/, [ˈɫ̪äbeoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈla.be.o/, [ˈläːbeo]
Proper noun edit
Labeō m sg (genitive Labeōnis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Labeō |
| Genitive | Labeōnis |
| Dative | Labeōnī |
| Accusative | Labeōnem |
| Ablative | Labeōne |
| Vocative | Labeō |
References edit
- “Labeo2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Labeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.