sapphirus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).

Pronunciation

Noun

sapphīrus f (genitive sapphīrī); second declension

  1. (Classical Latin, originally) a blue gem from the east, probably the lapis lazuli
  2. (later) sapphire
    Synonym: (Classical Latin) hyacinthus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sapphīrus sapphīrī
genitive sapphīrī sapphīrōrum
dative sapphīrō sapphīrīs
accusative sapphīrum sapphīrōs
ablative sapphīrō sapphīrīs
vocative sapphīre sapphīrī

Descendants

  • French: saphir
    • → Romanian: safir n
    • → Turkish: safir
  • Italian: zaffiro
  • Spanish: zafiro

References

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