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Latin mugilis was misread as mugilus.  
 
Latin mugilis was misread as mugilus.  
 
 
  
  
 
See also: [[Kefalos]], [[Mugilis]]
 
See also: [[Kefalos]], [[Mugilis]]

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Kestreus gre. piscis cefalus mugilus.


Apparatus:

Kestreus ACD | Kestereus B.

mugilus ABCD.


Translation:

Kestreus is the Greek word for Latin cefalus or mugilus {i.e. both meaning “mullet”}.


Commentary:

Greek κεστρεύς /kestreús/ means “mullet”. κέφαλος /képhalos/ “a species of mullet”.

Latin mugilis was misread as mugilus.


See also: Kefalos, Mugilis