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Latin
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek ὀπάλλιος (opállios), from Sanskrit उपल (upala, “gem, stone”).
Noun
opalus m (genitive opalī); second declension
- opal
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Descendants
See also
References
- “opalus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- opalus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.