pyren

pyren

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek πῡρός (pūrós)
Ancient Greek -ήν (-ḗn)
Ancient Greek πυρήν (purḗn)bor.
Latin pȳrēn

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek πυρήν (purḗn).

    Noun

    pȳrēn f (genitive pȳrēnis); third declension

    1. An unknown kind of precious stone

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative pȳrēn pȳrēnēs
    genitive pȳrēnis pȳrēnum
    dative pȳrēnī pȳrēnibus
    accusative pȳrēnem pȳrēnēs
    ablative pȳrēne pȳrēnibus
    vocative pȳrēn pȳrēnēs

    References

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

    Swedish

    Noun

    pyren

    1. indefinite plural of pyre
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