smaragdus

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), itself from a Semitic source.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /smaˈraɡ.dus/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /smaˈraɡ.dus/,

Noun

smaragdus m (genitive smaragdī); second declension

emerald

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	smaragdus	smaragdī
genitive	smaragdī	smaragdōrum
dative	smaragdō	smaragdīs
accusative	smaragdum	smaragdōs
ablative	smaragdō	smaragdīs
vocative	smaragde	smaragdī

Derived terms

smaragdīnus

Descendants

Aragonese: esmeralda
Asturian: esmeralda
Catalan: maragda, esmaragda
→ Czech: smaragd
→ Danish: smaragd
→ Dutch: smaragd
→ English: smaragd
→ Estonian: smaragd
Old French: esmeraude, esmeralde
- French: émeraude
- → Middle English: emeraude
  - English: emerald
    - → Welsh: emrald, emrallt
- → Old Spanish: esmeralda
  - Spanish: esmeralda
    - → Tagalog: esmeralda
Friulian: smeralt, smerald
Galician: esmeralda
→ German: Smaragd
→ Hungarian: smaragd
→ Old Irish: smaragad
- Irish: smaragaid
Italian: smeraldo
→ Norwegian Bokmål: smaragd
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: smaragd
Occitan: esmeralda
→ Old Norse: smaragdr
Piedmontese: smerald
→ Polish: szmaragd
Portuguese: esmeralda
Romanian: smarald
Romansch: smaragd
→ Serbo-Croatian: smaragd
Sicilian: smaraudu
→ Swedish: smaragd
Venetan: smeraldo

References

“smaragdus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“smaragdus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
smaragdus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
smaragdus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Latvian

Noun

smaragdus m

accusative plural of smaragds

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