chromis
ἄμεινον γὰρ ἑαυτῷ φυλάττειν τὴν ἐλευθερίαν τοῦ ἑτέρων ἀφαιρεῖσθαι → for it is better to guard one's own freedom than to deprive another of his
Latin > English
chromis chromis N C :: sea fish; (Umbrina cirrosa?)
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).
