pompilus

See also: Pompilus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πομπίλος (pompílos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpom.pi.lus/, [ˈpɔmpɪɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpom.pi.lus/, [ˈpɔmpilus]

Noun

pompilus m (genitive pompilī); second declension

1. pilot fish

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pompilus	pompilī
Genitive	pompilī	pompilōrum
Dative	pompilō	pompilīs
Accusative	pompilum	pompilōs
Ablative	pompilō	pompilīs
Vocative	pompile	pompilī

Descendants

• Catalan: pàmpol

References

• “pompilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pompilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pompilus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.