leucopoecilos

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λευκοποίκιλος (leukopoíkilos), from λευκός (leukós, “white”) + ποικίλος (poikílos, “spotted”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /leu̯.koˈpoe̯.ki.los/, [ɫ̪ɛu̯kɔˈpoe̯kɪɫ̪ɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leu̯.koˈpe.t͡ʃi.los/, [leu̯koˈpɛːt͡ʃilos]

Noun

leucopoecilos m (genitive leucopoecilī); second declension

1. An unknown gem, spotted with white

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	leucopoecilos	leucopoecilī
genitive	leucopoecilī	leucopoecilōrum
dative	leucopoecilō	leucopoecilīs
accusative	leucopoecilon	leucopoecilōs
ablative	leucopoecilō	leucopoecilīs
vocative	leucopoecile	leucopoecilī

References

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