byssinus

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βύσσινος (bússinos).

Pronunciation

Adjective

byssinus (feminine byssina, neuter byssinum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Made of byssus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative byssinus byssina byssinum byssinī byssinae byssina
genitive byssinī byssinae byssinī byssinōrum byssinārum byssinōrum
dative byssinō byssinae byssinō byssinīs
accusative byssinum byssinam byssinum byssinōs byssinās byssina
ablative byssinō byssinā byssinō byssinīs
vocative byssine byssina byssinum byssinī byssinae byssina

References

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