helops

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔλλοψ (éllops).(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

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Noun

helops m (genitive helopis); third declension

1. sterlet

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	helops	helopēs
genitive	helopis	helopum
dative	helopī	helopibus
accusative	helopem	helopēs
ablative	helope	helopibus
vocative	helops	helopēs

Synonyms

• acipenser

References

• “helops”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “helops”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers