θύννος

English (LSJ)

ὁ,

   A tunny-fish, Orac. ap. Hdt.1.62, A.Pers.424, Arist.HA 571a12, al., Ath.7.301e sqq.; θηρεύειν θύννον Phld.Rh.1.251S. (The connexion with θύνω, suggested by the line θύννοι μὲν θύνοντες, ἐν ἰχθύσιν ἔξοχοι ὁρμήν Opp.H.1.181, is dub.)