About Report a problem

Menu

pompilus

pompilus, a sea-fish, pilotfish, rudder-fish

Could not find Pompili in Logeion dictionaries.

Pompili Noun: masculine nominative plural, Noun: masculine vocative plural, Noun: masculine genitive singular of pompilus

Pompili Proper-name adjective: neuter genitive singular, Proper-name adjective: masculine genitive singular of Pompilius

See Pompili in Morpho

pompī̆lus, i, m., = πομπίλος,
  • a sea-fish (that follows ships), the pilot-fish, rudder-fish (Gasterosteus ductor, Linn.), Ov. Hal. 101; Plin. 32, 11, 54, § 153; 9, 15, 20, § 51.—This name was applied by some to the nautilus, Plin. 9, 29, 47, § 88.

Saved

Recent