marmor Pentelicum

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Latin

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Etymology

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marmor (marble) +‎ Pentelicus (Pentelic).

Noun

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marmor Pentelicum n (genitive marmōris Pentelicī); third declension

  1. (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

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Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem) with a second-declension adjective.

Descendants

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  • English: Pentelic marble (calque)