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Hello all,
Could anyone help with an odd little Latin problem....
I wonder if anyone knows the Latin word for 'squid'? I have looked in my English|Latin|English dictionary, but it is a bit too general for 'squid'. The nearest I have found is'sepia' which is cuttlefish! Odd request, hope someone can enlighten me.
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maybe it is "loligo" by a dutch traslation site wich translates it to squid in english.
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Yes, "Agrimensor" is right. The Oxford Latin Dictionary says:
lolligo, -inis f = a squid
You can also have:
lolliguncula = diminutive form of lolligo
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Apicius uses "Lolligine" in his recipes...
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I guess that's better than "Manyleggus Uglyfaceius", right?8)
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