papyrius

Latin

Alternative forms

• papirius, papyreus (Late Latin)

Etymology

From papȳrus +‎ -ius

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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. papyrus (relational adjective)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	papȳrus	papȳra	papȳrum		papȳrī	papȳrae	papȳra
Genitive	papȳrī	papȳrae	papȳrī		papȳrōrum	papȳrārum	papȳrōrum
Dative	papȳrō		papȳrō		papȳrīs
Accusative	papȳrum	papȳram	papȳrum		papȳrōs	papȳrās	papȳra
Ablative	papȳrō	papȳrā	papȳrō		papȳrīs
Vocative	papȳre	papȳra	papȳrum		papȳrī	papȳrae	papȳra

Descendants

(see also papȳrus)

• Vulgar Latin: *papērium/-a
  • Italian: papeio, papéo
  • Venetian: pavéro, pavera (see there for further descendants)
• Vulgar Latin: *papēlium
  • Romansch: pavagl
  • Old French: paveil

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.