Pentelicus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πεντελικός (Pentelikós).

Adjective

Pentelicus (feminine Pentelica, neuter Pentelicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Pentelic; relating to Mount Pentelicus, a mountain near Athens in Attica, Greece.
   • 1888, Guilelmus Dittenberger, Sylloge inscriptionum Graecarum‎^[1], volume 1, page 301:

     Fragmenta duo tabulae marmoris Pentelici inventa in arce Athenarum.

     Two fragments of Pentelic marble tablets found in the citadel of Athens.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	Pentelicus	Pentelica	Pentelicum		Pentelicī	Pentelicae	Pentelica
genitive	Pentelicī	Pentelicae	Pentelicī		Pentelicōrum	Pentelicārum	Pentelicōrum
dative	Pentelicō	Pentelicae	Pentelicō		Pentelicīs
accusative	Pentelicum	Pentelicam	Pentelicum		Pentelicōs	Pentelicās	Pentelica
ablative	Pentelicō	Pentelicā	Pentelicō		Pentelicīs
vocative	Pentelice	Pentelica	Pentelicum		Pentelicī	Pentelicae	Pentelica

Derived terms

• marmor Pentelicum

Descendants

• → English: Pentelic (learned)