hormiscion
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Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ermiscion, hermiscion, hormesion, hormiceon, hormireon, hormisceon, hormision (falsae lectiones)
Etymology
[edit]Ancient Greek ὁρμῐ́σκῐον (hormískion)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /horˈmis.ki.on/, [hɔrˈmɪs̠kiɔn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /orˈmiʃ.ʃi.on/, [orˈmiʃːion]
Noun
[edit]hormiscion n (genitive hormisciī); second declension
- unknown kind of gem
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia XXXVIIX.60.168:[1]
- Hormiscion inter gratissimas adspicitur ex igneo colore radians auro portante secum in extremitatibus candidam lucem.
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | hormiscion | hormiscia |
genitive | hormisciī | hormisciōrum |
dative | hormisciō | hormisciīs |
accusative | hormiscion | hormiscia |
ablative | hormisciō | hormisciīs |
vocative | hormiscion | hormiscia |
References
[edit]- “hormiscĭon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hormiscĭŏn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 754/2.
- Joaquim Affonso Gonçalves (1936) [1841] Lexicon Magnum Latino-Sinicum (in Chinese), third edition, Digitized at Dickinson College, 2023, Peking: Typis Congregationis Missionis, Hormesion
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