"μορμύρος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See μορμύρος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mor.mý.ros/, /morˈmy.ros/, /morˈmi.ros/, /mor.mý.ros/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /morˈmy.ros/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /morˈmy.ros/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /morˈmy.ros/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /morˈmi.ros/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: According to Strömberg, from μορμύρω (mormúrō, “to roar and boil”), if the fish meant here would properly be the "bubble-blower". The connection with μύρω (múrō, “to flow, trickle”) is not convincing. Beekes does not dismiss a Pre-Greek origin. Etymology templates: {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|μορμῠ́ρος|μορμῠ́ρου|m|second}} μορμῠ́ρος • (mormŭ́ros) m (genitive μορμῠ́ρου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μορμῠ́ρος|ου|form=M}} Forms: μορμῠ́ρος [canonical], mormŭ́ros [romanization], μορμῠ́ρου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ μορμῠ́ρος [nominative, singular], μορμῠ́ρω [dual, nominative], οἱ μορμῠ́ροι [nominative, plural], τοῦ μορμῠ́ρου [genitive, singular], μορμῠ́ροιν [dual, genitive], μορμῠ́ρων [genitive, plural], τῷ μορμῠ́ρῳ [dative, singular], μορμῠ́ροιν [dative, dual], τοῖς μορμῠ́ροις [dative, plural], τὸν μορμῠ́ρον [accusative, singular], μορμῠ́ρω [accusative, dual], τοὺς μορμῠ́ρους [accusative, plural], μορμῠ́ρε [singular, vocative], μορμῠ́ρω [dual, vocative], μορμῠ́ροι [plural, vocative], μόρμυλος [alternative]
  1. steenbras (Lithognathus mormyrus)
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