eupetalos

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek εὐπέταλος (eupétalos), from εὖ (eû, “well, good”) + πέταλος (pétalos, “broad, flat”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eu̯ˈpe.ta.los/, [ɛu̯ˈpɛt̪äɫ̪ɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eu̯ˈpe.ta.los/, [eu̯ˈpɛːt̪älos]

Noun

eupetalos f (genitive eupetalī); second declension

1. Spurge-laurel, Daphne laureola
2. An unknown gem, perhaps the opal

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	eupetalos	eupetalī
genitive	eupetalī	eupetalōrum
dative	eupetalō	eupetalīs
accusative	eupetalon	eupetalōs
ablative	eupetalō	eupetalīs
vocative	eupetale	eupetalī

References

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