carcinias

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek καρκινίας (karkinías), from καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /karˈki.ni.aːs/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /karˈt͡ʃi.ni.as/,

Noun

carciniās m (genitive carciniae); first declension

A kind of precious stone, of the color of the sea crab

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās).

	singular	plural
nominative	carciniās	carciniae
genitive	carciniae	carciniārum
dative	carciniae	carciniīs
accusative	carciniān	carciniās
ablative	carciniā	carciniīs
vocative	carciniā	carciniae

References

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

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