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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
- 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.