epimelas

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπιμέλας (epimélas), from ἐπί (epí, “on, upon”) + μέλας (mélas, “black”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.me.laːs/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.me.las/,

Noun

epimelās m (genitive epimelantis); third declension

A kind of precious stone, superficially black

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	epimelās	epimelantēs
genitive	epimelantis	epimelantum
dative	epimelantī	epimelantibus
accusative	epimelantem	epimelantēs
ablative	epimelante	epimelantibus
vocative	epimelās	epimelantēs

References

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

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