aphronitrum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀφρόνιτρον (aphrónitron), from ἀφρός (aphrós, “foam”) and νίτρον (nítron, “sodium carbonate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈpʰro.ni.trum/, [äˈpʰrɔnɪt̪rʊ̃ˑ] or IPA^(key): /apʰˈro.ni.trum/, [äpʰˈrɔnɪt̪rʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈfro.ni.trum/, [äˈfrɔːnit̪rum] or IPA^(key): /afˈro.ni.trum/, [äfˈrɔːnit̪rum]
• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.pʰroˈnit.rum/, [äpʰrɔˈnɪt̪rʊ̃ˑ] or IPA^(key): /apʰ.roˈnit.rum/, [äpʰrɔˈnɪt̪rʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.froˈnit.rum/, [äfroˈnit̪rum] or IPA^(key): /af.roˈnit.rum/, [äfroˈnit̪rum]

Noun

aphronitrum n (genitive aphronitrī); second declension

1. The efflorescence of saltpetre

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aphronitrum	aphronitra
Genitive	aphronitrī	aphronitrōrum
Dative	aphronitrō	aphronitrīs
Accusative	aphronitrum	aphronitra
Ablative	aphronitrō	aphronitrīs
Vocative	aphronitrum	aphronitra

References

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