Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἑμύς ‎(hemús)
• ἀμύς ‎(amús)

Noun

ἐμῠ́ς • ‎(emús) f ‎(genitive ἐμῠ́δος); third declension

1. (zoology) freshwater tortoise, particularly Emys orbicularis
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 5.33
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 8.2

Usage notes

This word is primarily feminine but sometimes masculine, as in:

• 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 8.17
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Inflection

Descendants

• Latin: emys
  • English: emys
  • Translingual: Emys

References

• ἐμύς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «ἐμύς» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ἐμύς» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)