marmor Pentelicum

Latin

Etymology

marmor (“marble”) +‎ Pentelicus (“Pentelic”).

Noun

marmor Pentelicum n (genitive marmōris Pentelicī); third declension

  1. (geology, archaeology) Pentelic marble
    • 1888, Guilelmus Dittenberger, Sylloge inscriptionum Graecarum‎[1], volume 1, page 301:
      Fragmenta duo tabulae marmoris Pentelici inventa in arce Athenarum.
      Two fragments of Pentelic marble tablets found in the citadel of Athens.

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem) with a second-declension adjective.

singular plural
nominative marmor Pentelicum marmōra Pentelica
genitive marmōris Pentelicī marmōrum Pentelicōrum
dative marmōrī Pentelicō marmōribus Pentelicīs
accusative marmor Pentelicum marmōra Pentelica
ablative marmōre Pentelicō marmōribus Pentelicīs
vocative marmor Pentelicum marmōra Pentelica

Descendants

  • → English: Pentelic marble (calque)
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