vitreus

Latin

Etymology

From vitrum (“glass”) +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯i.tre.us/, [ˈu̯ɪt̪reʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.tre.us/, [ˈviːt̪reus]

Adjective

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

1. glassy, translucent
2. vitreous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	vitreus	vitrea	vitreum		vitreī	vitreae	vitrea
Genitive	vitreī	vitreae	vitreī		vitreōrum	vitreārum	vitreōrum
Dative	vitreō		vitreō		vitreīs
Accusative	vitreum	vitream	vitreum		vitreōs	vitreās	vitrea
Ablative	vitreō	vitreā	vitreō		vitreīs
Vocative	vitree	vitrea	vitreum		vitreī	vitreae	vitrea

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• Catalan: vitri
• West Iberian (as a mass noun meaning 'glass')
  • Old Leonese:
    • Asturian: bidre, vidru, vidriu
    • Mirandese: bidro
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: vidro
    • Galician: vidro
    • Portuguese: vidro
      • Guinea-Bissau Creole: bidru
      • → Japanese: ビードロ (bīdoro)
  • Spanish: vidrio
• Borrowings:
  • → Portuguese: vítreo
  • → Spanish: vítreo
  • → Galician: vítreo
  • → Italian: vitreo

References

• “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.