papyrius

Latin

Alternative forms

• papirius, papyreus (Late Latin)

Etymology

From papȳrus +‎ -ius

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /paˈpyː.ri.us/, [päˈpyːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈpi.ri.us/, [päˈpiːrius]

Adjective

papȳrius (feminine papȳria, neuter papȳrium); first/second-declension adjective

1. papyraceous, made from papyrus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	papȳrius	papȳria	papȳrium		papȳriī	papȳriae	papȳria
Genitive	papȳriī	papȳriae	papȳriī		papȳriōrum	papȳriārum	papȳriōrum
Dative	papȳriō		papȳriō		papȳriīs
Accusative	papȳrium	papȳriam	papȳrium		papȳriōs	papȳriās	papȳria
Ablative	papȳriō	papȳriā	papȳriō		papȳriīs
Vocative	papȳrie	papȳria	papȳrium		papȳriī	papȳriae	papȳria

Descendants

• Italian: pavera, paviera (← papȳria)

References

• “papyrius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• papyrius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.