eupetalos
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek εὐπέταλος (eupétalos), from εὖ (eû, “well, good”) + πέταλος (pétalos, “broad, flat”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛu̯ˈpɛ.ta.ɫɔs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eu̯ˈpɛː.t̪a.los]
Noun
eupetalos f (genitive eupetalī); second declension
- Spurge-laurel, Daphne laureola
- An unknown gem, perhaps the opal
Declension
Second-declension noun (Greek-type).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | eupetalos | eupetalī eupetaloe |
| genitive | eupetalī | eupetalōrum |
| dative | eupetalō | eupetalīs |
| accusative | eupetalon | eupetalōs |
| ablative | eupetalō | eupetalīs |
| vocative | eupetale | eupetalī eupetaloe |
References
- “eupetalos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “eupetalos”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.