telirrhizos
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Presumably from Ancient Greek.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /te.lirˈriz.zos/, [t̪ɛlʲɪrˈrɪz̪d̪͡z̪ɔs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /te.lirˈrid.d͡zos/, [t̪elirˈrid̪ː͡z̪os]
Noun edit
telirrhizos f (genitive telirrhizī); second declension
- (mineralogy) a kind of precious stone (of uncertain type)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (Greek-type).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | telirrhizos | telirrhizī |
| Genitive | telirrhizī | telirrhizōrum |
| Dative | telirrhizō | telirrhizīs |
| Accusative | telirrhizon | telirrhizōs |
| Ablative | telirrhizō | telirrhizīs |
| Vocative | telirrhize | telirrhizī |
References edit
- “telirrhizos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- telirrhizos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.