opalus
Latin
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek ὀπάλλιος (opállios), from Sanskrit उपल (upala, “gem, stone”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔ.pa.ɫʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔː.pa.lus]
Noun
opalus m (genitive opalī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | opalus | opalī |
| genitive | opalī | opalōrum |
| dative | opalō | opalīs |
| accusative | opalum | opalōs |
| ablative | opalō | opalīs |
| vocative | opale | opalī |
Descendants
- Catalan: òpal
- French: opale
- → English: opal
- Galician: ópalo
- → German: Opal
- Italian: opale
- Portuguese: opala
- Spanish: ópalo
See also
- opalus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
References
- “opalus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ŏpălus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.