perileucos

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek περίλευκος (períleukos, “white all around”), from περί (perí, “around”) + λευκός (leukós, “white”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pe.riˈleu̯.kos/, [pɛrɪˈɫ̪ɛu̯kɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe.riˈleu̯.kos/, [periˈlɛːu̯kos]

Noun

perileucos m (genitive perileucī); second declension

1. An unknown kind of gem

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	perileucos	perileucī
genitive	perileucī	perileucōrum
dative	perileucō	perileucīs
accusative	perileucon	perileucōs
ablative	perileucō	perileucīs
vocative	perileuce	perileucī

References

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