Labeo

See also: labeo

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin labeō (having large lips), though compare Ancient Greek ἀλάβης (alábēs, type of fish, thought to be Labeo niloticus).

Proper noun

Labeo m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cyprinidae – certain carps from Africa and Asia, the labeos.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

Descendants

  • English: labeo

References

Latin

Etymology

From labeō (person with large lips), from labium (lip) +‎ (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Labeō m sg (genitive Labeōnis); third declension

  1. a cognomen used by the gens Antistia, Pacuvia, and others.

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Labeō
genitive Labeōnis
dative Labeōnī
accusative Labeōnem
ablative Labeōne
vocative Labeō

References

  • Labeo2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Labeo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.