lampyris

See also: Lampyris

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λαμπυρίς (lampurís).

Noun

lampȳris f (genitive lampȳridis); third declension

1. A glowworm

   Synonym: cicindēla

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lampȳris	lampȳridēs
Genitive	lampȳridis	lampȳridum
Dative	lampȳridī	lampȳridibus
Accusative	lampȳridem	lampȳridēs
Ablative	lampȳride	lampȳridibus
Vocative	lampȳris	lampȳridēs

Descendants

• Translingual: Lampyris

References

• “lampyris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lampyris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.