beryllus

Latin

Alternative forms

• bērillus, berullus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /beːˈryl.lus/, [beːˈrʏlːʲʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /beˈril.lus/, [beˈrilːus]

Noun

bēryllus m (genitive bēryllī); second declension

1. beryl

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bēryllus	bēryllī
Genitive	bēryllī	bēryllōrum
Dative	bēryllō	bēryllīs
Accusative	bēryllum	bēryllōs
Ablative	bēryllō	bēryllīs
Vocative	bērylle	bēryllī

Derived terms

• beryllus aeroides

Descendants

• Italian: berillo
• → Middle Dutch: beril
  • Dutch: beril, bril
    • Afrikaans: bril
    • → Papiamentu: brel
  • → West Frisian: bril
• Gallo-Italic:
  • ⇒ Romagnol: brilêr
• → Middle High German: berille, (Late) Middle High German: brille
  • German: Brille
    • → Czech: brýle
    • → Latvian: brille, Latvian: brilles
    • → Polish: bryle
• → Middle Low German: berille, barille
  • German Low German: brille
    • → Danish: brille
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: brille
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: brille
    • → Swedish: brillor
• Old French: beril
  • French: besicles (hypercorrect)
  • French: béryl
    • → Polish: beryl
  • → Middle English: beryl, beril, berill, berille; beralle, berel, berell, berelle, berylle, birall, birell, birrall, brill, burel, burell, byrall, byralle, byrell, byryl (Late Middle English)
    • English: beryl
• Portuguese: berilo
• → Russian: берилл (berill)
• Sicilian: biriḍḍu, birillu
• Spanish: berilo

References

• “beryllus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• beryllus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “beryllus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “beryllus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray