Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φλόγινος (phlóginos, fiery), from φλόξ (phlóx, flame) + -ινος (-inos).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

phloginos m (genitive phloginī); second declension

  1. A flame-colored gem

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative phloginos phloginī
Genitive phloginī phloginōrum
Dative phloginō phloginīs
Accusative phloginon phloginōs
Ablative phloginō phloginīs
Vocative phlogine phloginī

References edit

  • phloginos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • phloginos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.