(declension-3, masculine) a poisonous sea fish colored like the hare
(declension-3, masculine) the constellation Lepus
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈɫɛ.pʊs]
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps not an Indo-European word. It may be of Iberian origin, or else of Celtiberian substrate origin and related to Massaliot λεβηρίς (lebērís, “European rabbit”).