chrysophrys

From Ancient Greek χρύσοφρυς (khrúsophrus, “Sparus aurata”), from χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) + ὀφρῡ́ς (ophrū́s, “eyebrow”), because this fish has a golden spot over each eye.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʰryː.sɔ.pʰrys]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkriː.s̬o.fris]

chrȳsophrys f

1. a sea fish (Sparus aurata) with a golden spot over each eye

The attested forms show a Greek-like declension:

• “chrysophrys”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “chrysophrys”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers