marmor Pentelicum

Latin

Etymology

marmor (“marble”) +‎ Pentelicus (“Pentelic”), possibly calqued from Ancient Greek.

Noun

marmor Pentelicum n (genitive marmōris Pentelicī); third declension

1. (geology, archaeology) Pentelic marble
   • 1888, Guilemus Dittenberger, Sylloge Inscriptorum Graecarum, volume 1, page 301:

     Fragmenta duo tabulae marmoris Pentelici inventa in arce Athenarum.

     Two fragments of Pentelic marble tablets found in the citadel of Athens.

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem) with a second-declension adjective.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	marmor Pentelicum	marmōra Pentelica
Genitive	marmōris Pentelicī	marmōrum Pentelicōrum
Dative	marmōrī Pentelicō	marmōribus Pentelicīs
Accusative	marmor Pentelicum	marmōra Pentelica
Ablative	marmōre Pentelicō	marmōribus Pentelicīs
Vocative	marmor Pentelicum	marmōra Pentelica

Descendants

• → English: Pentelic marble (calque)