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Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek ὁλοσηρῐκός (holosērikós, “of silk”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
holosēricus (feminine holosērica, neuter holosēricum); first/second-declension adjective
- entirely silken, made of pure silk
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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References
- “hŏlŏsērĭcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- holosericus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- hŏlŏsērĭcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 751/1.
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “holosericus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 491/1