nitroaereus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
nitro- from "nitrogenium" + aes + -eus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ni.troˈae̯.re.us/, [nɪt̪roˈäe̯reʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ni.troˈe.re.us/, [nit̪roˈɛːreus]
Adjective edit
nitroaereus (feminine nitroaerea, neuter nitroaereum); first/second-declension adjective
- (New Latin, relational) oxygen (literally, bronze-like and related to nitrogen; see usage notes)
Usage notes edit
- Used by English chemist John Mayow to describe oxygen during discovery (spiritus nitroaereus)
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | nitroaereus | nitroaerea | nitroaereum | nitroaereī | nitroaereae | nitroaerea | |
| Genitive | nitroaereī | nitroaereae | nitroaereī | nitroaereōrum | nitroaereārum | nitroaereōrum | |
| Dative | nitroaereō | nitroaereō | nitroaereīs | ||||
| Accusative | nitroaereum | nitroaeream | nitroaereum | nitroaereōs | nitroaereās | nitroaerea | |
| Ablative | nitroaereō | nitroaereā | nitroaereō | nitroaereīs | |||
| Vocative | nitroaeree | nitroaerea | nitroaereum | nitroaereī | nitroaereae | nitroaerea | |