See also: Phoxinus

Latin

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Etymology

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Renaissance Latin, from Ancient Greek φοξῖνος (phoxînos).

Noun

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phoxinus m (genitive phoxinī); second declension

  1. common minnow
    • 1620, Friedrich Förner, chapter IV, in Beneficia miraculosa tam vetera quam recentia virginis Deiparae Weyerensis, page 9:
      [] quam auricolorium Luciorum, Phoxinorum, Gobiorum & Muſtelarum fluuiatilium []
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Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative phoxinus phoxinī
Genitive phoxinī phoxinōrum
Dative phoxinō phoxinīs
Accusative phoxinum phoxinōs
Ablative phoxinō phoxinīs
Vocative phoxine phoxinī

Descendants

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  • Translingual: Phoxinus