ammochrysus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμμόχρῡσος (ammókhrūsos), from άμμος (ámmos, “sand”) + χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”).

Noun

ammochrȳsus m (genitive ammochrȳsī); second declension

1. a kind of precious stone, perhaps golden mica

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ammochrȳsus	ammochrȳsī
Genitive	ammochrȳsī	ammochrȳsōrum
Dative	ammochrȳsō	ammochrȳsīs
Accusative	ammochrȳsum	ammochrȳsōs
Ablative	ammochrȳsō	ammochrȳsīs
Vocative	ammochrȳse	ammochrȳsī

Alternative forms

• hammochrysus

Descendants

• → English: hammochrysos
• → French: hammochryse

References

• “ammochrysus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press