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vitreus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From vitrum (glass) +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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vitreus (feminine vitrea, neuter vitreum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. glassy, translucent
  2. vitreous

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative vitreus vitrea vitreum vitreī vitreae vitrea
genitive vitreī vitreae vitreī vitreōrum vitreārum vitreōrum
dative vitreō vitreae vitreō vitreīs
accusative vitreum vitream vitreum vitreōs vitreās vitrea
ablative vitreō vitreā vitreō vitreīs
vocative vitree vitrea vitreum vitreī vitreae vitrea

Derived terms

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  • vitreārius (glass blower; window maker)
  • vitreāre (to glaze, to glass) (from Middle Latin)

Descendants

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  • Catalan: vitri
  • West Iberian (as a mass noun meaning 'glass')
  • Borrowings:

References

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  • vitreus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vitreus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vitreus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.