obeliscus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀβελίσκος (obelískos).

Noun

obeliscus m (genitive obeliscī); second declension

  1. obelisk (all senses)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative obeliscus obeliscī
genitive obeliscī obeliscōrum
dative obeliscō obeliscīs
accusative obeliscum obeliscōs
ablative obeliscō obeliscīs
vocative obelisce obeliscī

References

  • “obeliscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “obeliscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • obeliscus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “obeliscus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “obeliscus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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