σίλουρος

English (LSJ)

ὁ, a river fish, Lat.

   A silurus; it was so large as to require to be drawn out by horses or oxen, Ael.NA14.25; prob. sheatfish, Silurus glanis, Diph.17.9, Diod.Com.2.36, Sopat.15, PCair.Zen.680.36 (iii B.C.), Gal.12.377; used in Magic, PMag.Osl. 1.362.

German (Pape)

[Seite 881] ὁ, ein Flußfisch, wahrscheinl. der Wels, lat. silurus; Sopat. bei Ath. VI, 230 e, Diod. Sinop. ib. 239 e u. Sp. Nach Ath. VII, 287 b ἀπὸ τοῦ σείειν συνεχῶς τὴν οὐράν, eigtl. σείουρος.