θύννος

A. tunny-fish, Orac. ap. Hdt. 1.62, A. Pers. 424, Arist. HA 571a12, al., Ath. 7.301e sqq.; θηρεύειν θύννον Phld. Rh. 1.251S. (The connexion with θύνω, suggested by the line θύννοι μὲν θύνοντες, ἐν ἰχθύσιν ἔξοχοι ὁρμήν Opp. H. 1.181, is dub.)