crystallum

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος (krústallos, ice), from κρύος (krúos, icy cold, chill, frost). The reasoning behind the change from masculine to neuter is unknown.

Pronunciation

Noun

crystallum n (genitive crystallī); second declension

  1. a crystal
  2. a thing made from crystal
  3. (by extension) a gem or stone resembling crystal

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

References

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