peloris

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πελωρίς (pelōrís).

Noun

pelōris f (genitive pelōridis); third declension

1. large mussel or clam

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pelōris	pelōridēs
Genitive	pelōridis	pelōridum
Dative	pelōridī	pelōridibus
Accusative	pelōridem	pelōridēs
Ablative	pelōride	pelōridibus
Vocative	pelōris	pelōridēs

Descendants

• French: palourde

References

• “peloris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “peloris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• peloris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “peloris”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers