amethystus
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἀμέθυστος (améthustos).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /a.meˈtʰys.tus/, [ämɛˈt̪ʰʏs̠t̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.meˈtis.tus/, [ämeˈt̪ist̪us]
Noun
[edit]amethystus f (genitive amethystī); second declension
- amethyst (precious stone)
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | amethystus | amethystī |
genitive | amethystī | amethystōrum |
dative | amethystō | amethystīs |
accusative | amethystum | amethystōs |
ablative | amethystō | amethystīs |
vocative | amethyste | amethystī |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “amethystus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- amethystus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “amethystus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers