perileucos
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek περίλευκος (períleukos, “white all around”), from περί (perí, “around”) + λευκός (leukós, “white”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pe.riˈleu̯.kos/, [pɛrɪˈɫ̪ɛu̯kɔs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pe.riˈleu̯.kos/, [periˈlɛːu̯kos]
Noun edit
perileucos m (genitive perileucī); second declension
- An unknown kind of gem
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (Greek-type).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | perileucos | perileucī |
| Genitive | perileucī | perileucōrum |
| Dative | perileucō | perileucīs |
| Accusative | perileucon | perileucōs |
| Ablative | perileucō | perileucīs |
| Vocative | perileuce | perileucī |
References edit
- “perileucos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- perileucos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.