carcinias

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek καρκινίας (karkinías), from καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /karˈki.ni.aːs/, [kärˈkɪniäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /karˈt͡ʃi.ni.as/, [kärˈt͡ʃiːniäs]

Noun

carciniās m (genitive carciniae); first declension

1. A kind of precious stone, of the color of the sea crab

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	carciniās	carciniae
Genitive	carciniae	carciniārum
Dative	carciniae	carciniīs
Accusative	carciniān	carciniās
Ablative	carciniā	carciniīs
Vocative	carciniā	carciniae

References

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