epimelas

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπιμέλας (epimélas), from ἐπί (epí, “on, upon”) + μέλας (mélas, “black”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.me.laːs/, [ɛˈpɪmɛɫ̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.me.las/, [eˈpiːmeläs]

Noun

epimelās m (genitive epimelantis); third declension

1. A kind of precious stone, superficially black

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	epimelās	epimelantēs
genitive	epimelantis	epimelantum
dative	epimelantī	epimelantibus
accusative	epimelantem	epimelantēs
ablative	epimelante	epimelantibus
vocative	epimelās	epimelantēs

References

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