labraxn.

Brit.

/ˈleɪbraks/,

/ˈlabraks/, U.S.

/ˈleɪˌbræks/,

/ˈlæˌbræks/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek λάβραξ.

Etymology: < ancient Greek λάβραξ kind of sea fish, bass < λάβρος turbulent (of uncertain origin) + -αξ, suffix forming nouns. In the specific sense denoting the former genus after scientific Latin Labrax, former genus name ( Cuvier Le règne animal VI. (1828) 19); compare post-classical Latin labrax (5th cent.).

Now chiefly historical.

In classical literature: a predatory marine fish, usually considered to be the European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax. Formerly also (in form Labrax): †a genus comprising the sea basses and temperate basses now placed in the genera Dicentrarchus, Morone, and Lateolabrax; a fish of this genus (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Labrioidei (wrasse) > [noun] > family Labridae > genus Labrax > member of (sea-perch)

sea-perch1601

labrax1603

sea-dace1668

labroid1826

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 972 And yet as cunningly devised as these engins be, the sea-dogs have devices to avoid the same, as also the wide mouthed labrax [Gk. τῷ λάβρακι].

1764 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. (ed. 2) III. 1865/2 Labrax, in ichthyology, a species of pearch, with fourteen rays in the fin besides the anus.

1831 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom II. 98 We might also separate from Labrax a species of the United States whose scales extend to the maxillary bone.

1870 R. S. Maclay & C. C. Baldwin Alphab. Dict. Chinese Lang. Foochow Dial. 516/1 A term for the Labrax genus of fishes:..the white labrax, a perch;..the white or spotted labrax.

1893 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1892 246 The κεστρεύς is eaten off by the labrax and the γόγγρος by the μύραινα.

1955 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 76 59 Xenocrates..compares the labrax with a fish called the glaucus.

2003 J. Slater in R. W. Emerson Coll. Wks. VI. 179 Probably Emerson was thinking of the Labrax, which among the Greeks and Romans was notorious for its ferocity and greed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	labrax
释义	labraxn. Brit. /ˈleɪbraks/, /ˈlabraks/, U.S. /ˈleɪˌbræks/, /ˈlæˌbræks/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek λάβραξ. Etymology: < ancient Greek λάβραξ kind of sea fish, bass < λάβρος turbulent (of uncertain origin) + -αξ, suffix forming nouns. In the specific sense denoting the former genus after scientific Latin Labrax, former genus name ( Cuvier Le règne animal VI. (1828) 19); compare post-classical Latin labrax (5th cent.). Now chiefly historical. In classical literature: a predatory marine fish, usually considered to be the European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax. Formerly also (in form Labrax): †a genus comprising the sea basses and temperate basses now placed in the genera Dicentrarchus, Morone, and Lateolabrax; a fish of this genus (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Labrioidei (wrasse) > [noun] > family Labridae > genus Labrax > member of (sea-perch) sea-perch1601 labrax1603 sea-dace1668 labroid1826 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 972 And yet as cunningly devised as these engins be, the sea-dogs have devices to avoid the same, as also the wide mouthed labrax [Gk. τῷ λάβρακι]. 1764 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. (ed. 2) III. 1865/2 Labrax, in ichthyology, a species of pearch, with fourteen rays in the fin besides the anus. 1831 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom II. 98 We might also separate from Labrax a species of the United States whose scales extend to the maxillary bone. 1870 R. S. Maclay & C. C. Baldwin Alphab. Dict. Chinese Lang. Foochow Dial. 516/1 A term for the Labrax genus of fishes:..the white labrax, a perch;..the white or spotted labrax. 1893 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1892 246 The κεστρεύς is eaten off by the labrax and the γόγγρος by the μύραινα. 1955 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 76 59 Xenocrates..compares the labrax with a fish called the glaucus. 2003 J. Slater in R. W. Emerson Coll. Wks. VI. 179 Probably Emerson was thinking of the Labrax, which among the Greeks and Romans was notorious for its ferocity and greed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1603
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