mirmillo
English
Alternative forms
- myrmillo
Etymology
Latin
Noun
mirmillo (plural mirmillos or mirmillones)
- (historical) A kind of gladiator, known for wearing a Gallic helmet with the image of a fish.
Latin
Alternative forms
- murmillō
- myrmillō
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μόρμυλος (mórmulos), a variant of μορμύρος (mormúros, “striped seabream, Lithognathus mormyrus”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mirˈmil.loː/, [mɪrˈmɪl.loː]
Noun
mirmillō m (genitive mirmillōnis); third declension
- A kind of gladiator, known for wearing a Gallic helmet with the image of a fish.
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mirmillō | mirmillōnēs |
| Genitive | mirmillōnis | mirmillōnum |
| Dative | mirmillōnī | mirmillōnibus |
| Accusative | mirmillōnem | mirmillōnēs |
| Ablative | mirmillōne | mirmillōnibus |
| Vocative | mirmillō | mirmillōnēs |
Derived terms
- mirmillōnicus
See also
- retiārius
- Threx
References
- 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