achlis

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

achlis: is, f.,
I a wild beast of the North, which modern naturalists consider to be the same as the alces.—Acc. achlin, Plin. 8, 15, 16, § 39.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

achlis, bête sauvage du nord : Plin. 8, 39.

Latin > German (Georges)

achlis, Akk. in, f., nach Plin. 8, 39 ein wildes Tier im Norden, nach neueren identisch mit alces.

Latin > English

achlis achis N F :: elk; moose; wild beast of the North