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Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
crocallis f (genitive crocallidis); third declension
- An unknown cherry-shaped precious stone
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “crocallis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- crocallis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.