mirmillo

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Latin

Noun[edit]

mirmillo (plural mirmillos or mirmillones)

  1. (historical) A kind of gladiator, known for wearing a Gallic helmet with the image of a fish.

Latin[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek μόρμυλος (mórmulos), a variant of μορμύρος (mormúros, striped seabream, Lithognathus mormyrus).

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Noun[edit]

mirmillō m (genitive mirmillōnis); third declension

  1. a kind of gladiator, known for wearing a Gallic helmet with the image of a fish

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mirmillō mirmillōnēs
Genitive mirmillōnis mirmillōnum
Dative mirmillōnī mirmillōnibus
Accusative mirmillōnem mirmillōnēs
Ablative mirmillōne mirmillōnibus
Vocative mirmillō mirmillōnēs

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References[edit]

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