byssinus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βύσσινος (bússinos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbys.si.nus/, [ˈbʏs̠ːɪnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbis.si.nus/, [ˈbisːinus]

Adjective

byssinus (feminine byssina, neuter byssinum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Made of byssus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	byssinus	byssina	byssinum		byssinī	byssinae	byssina
genitive	byssinī	byssinae	byssinī		byssinōrum	byssinārum	byssinōrum
dative	byssinō	byssinae	byssinō		byssinīs
accusative	byssinum	byssinam	byssinum		byssinōs	byssinās	byssina
ablative	byssinō	byssinā	byssinō		byssinīs
vocative	byssine	byssina	byssinum		byssinī	byssinae	byssina

References

• “byssinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• byssinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.