marmor Pentelicum
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]marmor (“marble”) + Pentelicus (“Pentelic”).
Noun
[edit]marmor Pentelicum n (genitive marmōris Pentelicī); third declension
- (geology, archaeology) Pentelic marble
- 1888, Guilelmus Dittenberger, Sylloge inscriptionum Graecarum[1], volume 1, page 301:
- Fragmenta duo tabulae marmoris Pentelici inventa in arce Athenarum.
- Two fragments of Pentelic marble tablets found in the citadel of Athens.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem) with a second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | marmor Pentelicum | marmōra Pentelica |
| genitive | marmōris Pentelicī | marmōrum Pentelicōrum |
| dative | marmōrī Pentelicō | marmōribus Pentelicīs |
| accusative | marmor Pentelicum | marmōra Pentelica |
| ablative | marmōre Pentelicō | marmōribus Pentelicīs |
| vocative | marmor Pentelicum | marmōra Pentelica |
Descendants
[edit]- → English: Pentelic marble (calque)