Strymon

Strymon

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae – scrub hairstreak butterflies.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Στρυμών (Strumṓn).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈstryː.moːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈst̪riː.mon]

Strȳmōn m sg (genitive Strȳmōnis); third declension

1. a river in Macedonia, Greece, now called Струма (Struma) in Bulgarian or Στρυμόνας (Strymónas) in Greek.

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• “Strymon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Strymon”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Strymon”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly