byssinus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek βύσσινος (bússinos).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbys.si.nus/, [ˈbʏs̠ːɪnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbis.si.nus/, [ˈbisːinus]
Adjective edit
byssinus (feminine byssina, neuter byssinum); first/second-declension adjective
- Made of byssus
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | byssinus | byssina | byssinum | byssinī | byssinae | byssina | |
| Genitive | byssinī | byssinae | byssinī | byssinōrum | byssinārum | byssinōrum | |
| Dative | byssinō | byssinō | byssinīs | ||||
| Accusative | byssinum | byssinam | byssinum | byssinōs | byssinās | byssina | |
| Ablative | byssinō | byssinā | byssinō | byssinīs | |||
| Vocative | byssine | byssina | byssinum | byssinī | byssinae | byssina | |
References edit
- “byssinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- byssinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.