lapis calaminaris

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English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin lapis calamīnāris, from lapis (stone, mineral) + calamīnāris (of or related to calamine), from calamīna (calamine) + -āris (-ary: forming adjectives), from Latin cadmia, from Ancient Greek κᾰδμῐ́ᾱ (kadmíā), variant of Κᾰδμείᾱ (Kadmeíā), from Κάδμος (Kádmos, Cadmus) + -εια (-eia, -ia: forming related substances). Doublet of cadmia, calamine, and calaminaris.

Noun

lapis calaminaris (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy, archaic) Synonym of calamine, a pink form of zinc oxide formed as a byproduct during sublimation.

Latin

Noun

lapis calamīnāris m

  1. (mineralogy, Medieval Latin) Synonym of cadmia, calamine

Declension

Third-declension noun with a third-declension noun (i-stem).

singular plural
nominative lapis calamīnāris lapidēs calamīnārēs
genitive lapidis calamīnāris lapidum calamīnārium
dative lapidī calamīnārī lapidibus calamīnāribus
accusative lapidem calamīnārem lapidēs calamīnārēs
lapidēs calamīnārīs
ablative lapide calamīnāre lapidibus calamīnāribus
vocative lapis calamīnāris lapidēs calamīnārēs