holosericus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Ancient Greek ὁλοσηρῐκός (holosērikós, “of silk”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ho.loˈseː.ri.kus/, [hɔɫ̪ɔˈs̠eːrɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /o.loˈse.ri.kus/, [oloˈs̬ɛːrikus]
Adjective
[edit]holosēricus (feminine holosērica, neuter holosēricum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | holosēricus | holosērica | holosēricum | holosēricī | holosēricae | holosērica | |
| genitive | holosēricī | holosēricae | holosēricī | holosēricōrum | holosēricārum | holosēricōrum | |
| dative | holosēricō | holosēricae | holosēricō | holosēricīs | |||
| accusative | holosēricum | holosēricam | holosēricum | holosēricōs | holosēricās | holosērica | |
| ablative | holosēricō | holosēricā | holosēricō | holosēricīs | |||
| vocative | holosērice | holosērica | holosēricum | holosēricī | holosēricae | holosērica | |
Synonyms
[edit]- (entirely silken, made of pure silk): holosēricālis, holosēricātus
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- ⇒ Romanian: urșinic
References
[edit]- “hŏlŏsērĭcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- holosericus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- hŏlŏsērĭcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 751/1.
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “holosericus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 491/1