νηρίτης

Etymology
The connection with is refuted by the forms with the vocalic anlaut “α-”. Furnée takes this initial variation as evidence for a origin. Plevačová draws the term to 🇨🇬 – which see for more relatives –, downplaying the semantic difference by noting that both are longish sea creatures caught in a fisher’s net and the contexts in which the Greek and Latin are attested may as well point to a fish.

Noun

 * 1) sea snail