perileucos

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek περίλευκος (períleukos, white all around), from περί (perí, around) + λευκός (leukós, white).

Pronunciation

Noun

perileucos m (genitive perileucī); second declension

  1. An unknown kind of gem

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

singular plural
nominative perileucos perileucī
genitive perileucī perileucōrum
dative perileucō perileucīs
accusative perileucon perileucōs
ablative perileucō perileucīs
vocative perileuce perileucī

References

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