Latin

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

From Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

sapphīrus f (genitive sapphīrī); second declension

  1. (Classical Latin, originally) a blue gem from the east, probably the lapis lazuli
  2. (later) sapphire
    Synonym: (Classical Latin) hyacinthus

Declension

edit

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sapphīrus sapphīrī
genitive sapphīrī sapphīrōrum
dative sapphīrō sapphīrīs
accusative sapphīrum sapphīrōs
ablative sapphīrō sapphīrīs
vocative sapphīre sapphīrī
edit

Descendants

edit
  • French: saphir
    • Romanian: safir n
    • Turkish: safir
  • Italian: zaffiro
  • Spanish: zafiro

References

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