melinoporphyrus
Latin
editEtymology
editIrregularly from the Ancient Greek μήλῐνος (mḗlinos, “quince-yellow”) + πορφύρεος (porphúreos, “purple”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /meː.li.noˈpor.pʰy.rus/, [meːlʲɪnɔˈpɔrpʰʏrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /me.li.noˈpor.fi.rus/, [melinoˈpɔrfirus]
Adjective
editmēlinoporphyrus (feminine mēlinoporphyra, neuter mēlinoporphyrum); first/second-declension adjective
- (Medieval Latin) of a yellow-purple colour
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | mēlinoporphyrus | mēlinoporphyra | mēlinoporphyrum | mēlinoporphyrī | mēlinoporphyrae | mēlinoporphyra | |
Genitive | mēlinoporphyrī | mēlinoporphyrae | mēlinoporphyrī | mēlinoporphyrōrum | mēlinoporphyrārum | mēlinoporphyrōrum | |
Dative | mēlinoporphyrō | mēlinoporphyrō | mēlinoporphyrīs | ||||
Accusative | mēlinoporphyrum | mēlinoporphyram | mēlinoporphyrum | mēlinoporphyrōs | mēlinoporphyrās | mēlinoporphyra | |
Ablative | mēlinoporphyrō | mēlinoporphyrā | mēlinoporphyrō | mēlinoporphyrīs | |||
Vocative | mēlinoporphyre | mēlinoporphyra | mēlinoporphyrum | mēlinoporphyrī | mēlinoporphyrae | mēlinoporphyra |
References
edit- Melinoporphyrus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)