mesoleucos

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μεσόλευκος (mesóleukos, “middling white”), from μέσος (mésos, “middle”) + λευκός (leukós, “white”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /me.soˈleu̯.kos/, [mɛs̠ɔˈɫ̪ɛu̯kɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.soˈleu̯.kos/, [mes̬oˈlɛːu̯kos]

Noun

mesoleucos m (genitive mesoleucī); second declension

1. An unknown black gem, with a white stripe
2. A plant

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	mesoleucos	mesoleucī
genitive	mesoleucī	mesoleucōrum
dative	mesoleucō	mesoleucīs
accusative	mesoleucon	mesoleucōs
ablative	mesoleucō	mesoleucīs
vocative	mesoleuce	mesoleucī

References

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