pumex
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)poH(y)- (“foam”). Related to spūma.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pūmex m or f (genitive pūmicis); third declension
- a pumice stone
- pumice
- any porous rock
DeclensionEdit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pūmex | pūmicēs |
Genitive | pūmicis | pūmicum |
Dative | pūmicī | pūmicibus |
Accusative | pūmicem | pūmicēs |
Ablative | pūmice | pūmicibus |
Vocative | pūmex | pūmicēs |
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- pumex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pumex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pumex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 510