hormiscion

Latin

Alternative forms

• ermiscion, hermiscion, hormesion, hormiceon, hormireon, hormisceon, hormision (falsae lectiones)

Etymology

Ancient Greek ὁρμῐ́σκῐον (hormískion)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /horˈmis.ki.on/, [hɔrˈmɪs̠kiɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /orˈmiʃ.ʃi.on/, [orˈmiʃːion]

Noun

hormiscion n (genitive hormisciī); second declension

1. unknown kind of gem
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia XXXVIIX.60.168:^[1]

     Hormiscion inter gratissimas adspicitur ex igneo colore radians auro portante secum in extremitatibus candidam lucem.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hormiscion	hormiscia
Genitive	hormisciī	hormisciōrum
Dative	hormisciō	hormisciīs
Accusative	hormiscion	hormiscia
Ablative	hormisciō	hormisciīs
Vocative	hormiscion	hormiscia

References

• “hormiscĭon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hormiscĭŏn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 754/2.
• Joaquim Affonso Gonçalves (1936) [1841] Lexicon Magnum Latino-Sinicum (in Chinese), third edition, Digitized at Dickinson College, 2023, Peking: Typis Congregationis Missionis, Hormesion