memnonia

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Latin

Etymology

From Memnonius (of or belonging to Memnon, Memnonian; Moorish), from Memnon, from Ancient Greek Μέμνων (Mémnōn).

Pronunciation

Noun

memnonia f (genitive memnoniae); first declension

  1. An unknown precious stone, black in colour.

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

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