perileucos
Latin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek περίλευκος (períleukos, “white all around”), from περί (perí, “around”) + λευκός (leukós, “white”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pe.riˈleu̯.kos/, [pɛrɪˈɫ̪ɛu̯kɔs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pe.riˈleu̯.kos/, [periˈlɛːu̯kos]
Noun
editperileucos m (genitive perileucī); second declension
- An unknown kind of gem
Declension
editSecond-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.