amethystus

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Latin

amethystus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμέθυστος (améthustos).

Pronunciation

Noun

amethystus f (genitive amethystī); second declension

  1. amethyst (precious stone)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative amethystus amethystī
Genitive amethystī amethystōrum
Dative amethystō amethystīs
Accusative amethystum amethystōs
Ablative amethystō amethystīs
Vocative amethyste amethystī

Descendants

References

  • amethystus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • amethystus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • amethystus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers