Masculine

lepus

Meaning

  1. (declension-3, masculine) a hare
  2. (declension-3, masculine) a poisonous sea fish colored like the hare
  3. (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”).

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