leucophthalmos
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek λευκόφθαλμος (leukóphthalmos), from λευκός (leukós, “white”) + ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós, “eye”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫɛu̯.kɔpʰˈtʰaɫ.mɔs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [leu̯.kofˈt̪al.mos]
Noun
leucophthalmos m (genitive leucophthalmī); second declension
- An unknown gem
Declension
Second-declension noun (Greek-type).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | leucophthalmos | leucophthalmī leucophthalmoe |
| genitive | leucophthalmī | leucophthalmōrum |
| dative | leucophthalmō | leucophthalmīs |
| accusative | leucophthalmon | leucophthalmōs |
| ablative | leucophthalmō | leucophthalmīs |
| vocative | leucophthalme | leucophthalmī leucophthalmoe |
References
- “leucophthalmos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- leucophthalmos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.