callimus

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κάλλιμος (kállimos, “beautiful”).

Pronunciation

Noun

callimus m (genitive callimī); second declension

  1. A kind of eaglestone

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative callimus callimī
genitive callimī callimōrum
dative callimō callimīs
accusative callimum callimōs
ablative callimō callimīs
vocative callime callimī

References

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