telirrhizos

Latin

Alternative forms

• thelyrrhizos

Etymology

Presumably from Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /te.lirˈriz.zos/, [t̪ɛlʲɪrˈrɪz̪d̪͡z̪ɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /te.lirˈrid.d͡zos/, [t̪elirˈrid̪ː͡z̪os]

Noun

telirrhizos f (genitive telirrhizī); second declension

1. (mineralogy) a kind of precious stone (of uncertain type)

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	telirrhizos	telirrhizī
genitive	telirrhizī	telirrhizōrum
dative	telirrhizō	telirrhizīs
accusative	telirrhizon	telirrhizōs
ablative	telirrhizō	telirrhizīs
vocative	telirrhize	telirrhizī

References

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