Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πελωρίς (pelōrís).

Noun edit

pelōris f (genitive pelōridis); third declension

  1. large mussel or clam

Declension edit

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 edit

  • French: palourde

References edit

  • 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