chromis
ἅτε γὰρ ἐννάλιον πόνον ἐχοίσας βαθύν σκευᾶς ἑτέρας, ἀβάπτιστος εἶμι φελλὸς ὣς ὑπὲρ ἕρκος ἅλμας → for just as when the rest of the tackle labors in the depths of the sea, like a cork I shall go undipped over the surface of the brine | as when the other part of the tackle is laboring deep in the sea, I go unsoaked like a cork above the surface of the sea
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
chrŏmis: is, m. or f., = χρόμις,
I a seafish: immunda, Ov. Hal. 121; Plin. 10, 70, 89, § 193: chromin, qui, etc., id. 32, 11, 54, § 153; 9, 16, 24, § 57.—
II Chrŏmis, nom. propr. m., of a satyr, Verg. E. 6, 13; of a Trojan, acc. Chromim, id. A. 11, 675; of a Centaur, acc. Chromin, Ov. M. 12, 333 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) chrŏmis,¹⁶ is, f. (χρόμις), poisson de mer inconnu : Plin. 9, 57 ; Ov. Hal. 121.
Latin > German (Georges)
chromis, is, Akk. in, m. (χρόμις), ein Seefisch, wahrsch. derselbe, der (nach Hard.) an der ligurischen Küste castagno, (nach Cuvier) in Genua chro u. in Marseille ebenf. chro od. chrau gen. wird ( Sciaena scirrhosa, L.), Ov. hal. 121. Plin. 9, 57. Verg. Aen. 11, 675 (als Personenname).
Latin > English
chromis chromis N C :: sea fish; (Umbrina cirrosa?)
