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|etymtx=-ίδος<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: name of a small fish, resembling the [[μαινίς]], [[Sparus smaris]] (Epich., Arist., Opp., Marc. Sid. a.o.; s. Thompson Fishes s.v.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Origin unknown; certainly a Mediterranean word. Against connection with [[σμηρίζειν]] [[plane]] (Hero; Strömberg 87) speaks the almost general shortness of the [[α]] ([[α]] only Marc. Sid.). -- Furnée 226 compares [[σπάρος]] [[ a small sea-fish]], [[a kind of bream]]; the comparison is convincing; so Pre-Greek.