holosericus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From the Ancient Greek ὁλοσηρῐκός (holosērikós, “of silk”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ho.loˈseː.ri.kus/, [hɔɫ̪ɔˈs̠eːrɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /o.loˈse.ri.kus/, [oloˈs̬ɛːrikus]
Adjective edit
holosēricus (feminine holosērica, neuter holosēricum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | holosēricus | holosērica | holosēricum | holosēricī | holosēricae | holosērica | |
| Genitive | holosēricī | holosēricae | holosēricī | holosēricōrum | holosēricārum | holosēricōrum | |
| Dative | holosēricō | holosēricō | holosēricīs | ||||
| Accusative | holosēricum | holosēricam | holosēricum | holosēricōs | holosēricās | holosērica | |
| Ablative | holosēricō | holosēricā | holosēricō | holosēricīs | |||
| Vocative | holosērice | holosērica | holosēricum | holosēricī | holosēricae | holosērica | |
Synonyms edit
- (entirely silken, made of pure silk): holosēricālis, holosēricātus
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- ⇒ Romanian: urșinic
References edit
- “hŏlŏsērĭcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- holosericus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- hŏlŏsērĭcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 751/1.
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “holosericus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 491/1