hyalus

Latin

Alternative forms

• hyalos

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕαλος (húalos, “glass”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhy.a.lus/, [ˈhyäɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.a.lus/, [ˈiːälus]

Noun

hyalus m (genitive hyalī); second declension

1. glass (especially greenish glass)

Declension

Second-declension noun

	singular	plural
nominative	hyalus	hyalī
genitive	hyalī	hyalōrum
dative	hyalō	hyalīs
accusative	hyalum	hyalōs
ablative	hyalō	hyalīs
vocative	hyale	hyalī

Related terms

• hyalinus

References

• “hyalus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hyalus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hyalus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “hyalus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin