λάβραξ

Dicentrarchus labrax
#nm_0367📍 Ancient Greece
Language
Ancient Greek
Transliteration
labrax
IPA
/lá.braks/

From λάβρος lábros (furious, fierce, greedy) ↳ The fish was proverbially greedy in antiquity; LSJ glosses λάβραξ as bass (Labrax lupus)

European sea bass. Popular game and food fish.