glossopetra

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γλωσσοπέτρα (glōssopétra), from γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă, “tongue”) + πέτρα (pétra, “stone”).

Noun

glōssopetra f (genitive glōssopetrae); first declension

  1. A precious stone resembling the human tongue, now known to be a fossil shark tooth.

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative glōssopetra glōssopetrae
genitive glōssopetrae glōssopetrārum
dative glōssopetrae glōssopetrīs
accusative glōssopetram glōssopetrās
ablative glōssopetrā glōssopetrīs
vocative glōssopetra glōssopetrae

References

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