smaragdus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), itself from a Semitic source.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [smaˈraɡ.dʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [zmaˈraɡ.d̪us]
Noun
smaragdus m (genitive smaragdī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | smaragdus | smaragdī |
| genitive | smaragdī | smaragdōrum |
| dative | smaragdō | smaragdīs |
| accusative | smaragdum | smaragdōs |
| ablative | smaragdō | smaragdīs |
| vocative | smaragde | smaragdī |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Aragonese: esmeralda
- Asturian: esmeralda
- Catalan: maragda, esmaragda
- → Czech: smaragd
- → Danish: smaragd
- → Dutch: smaragd
- → English: smaragd
- → Estonian: smaragd
- Old French: esmeraude, esmeralde
References
- “smaragdus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “smaragdus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "smaragdus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- smaragdus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Latvian
Noun
smaragdus m
- accusative plural of smaragds