memnonia

See also: Memnonia

Latin

Etymology

From Memnonius (“of or belonging to Memnon, Memnonian; Moorish”), from Memnon, from Ancient Greek Μέμνων (Mémnōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /memˈno.ni.a/, [mɛmˈnɔniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /memˈno.ni.a/, [memˈnɔːniä]

Noun

memnonia f (genitive memnoniae); first declension

1. An unknown precious stone, black in colour.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	memnonia	memnoniae
genitive	memnoniae	memnoniārum
dative	memnoniae	memnoniīs
accusative	memnoniam	memnoniās
ablative	memnoniā	memnoniīs
vocative	memnonia	memnoniae

References

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