crystallum

Latin

Alternative forms

• cristallum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “ice”), from κρύος (krúos, “icy cold, chill, frost”). The reasoning behind the change from masculine to neuter is unknown.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /krysˈtal.lum/, [krʏs̠ˈt̪älːʲʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /krisˈtal.lum/, [krisˈt̪älːum]

Noun

crystallum n (genitive crystallī); second declension

1. a crystal
2. a thing made from crystal
3. (by extension) a gem or stone resembling crystal

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	crystallum	crystalla
Genitive	crystallī	crystallōrum
Dative	crystallō	crystallīs
Accusative	crystallum	crystalla
Ablative	crystallō	crystallīs
Vocative	crystallum	crystalla

Descendants

• → Albanian: kristal
• → Asturian: cristal
• → Basque: kristal
• → Czech: krystal
• → Finnish: kristalli
• → Hungarian: kristály
• → Italian: cristallo
• → Latvian: kristāls
• → Malagasy: kristaly
• → Norwegian: krystall
• → Old Catalan: crestall, christall
  • Catalan: cristall
• → Old English: cristalla
  • Middle English: crystal
    • English: crystal (see there for further descendants)
    • → Welsh: grisial, crisial
• → Old French: cristal (see there for further descendants)
• → Old High German: cristalla
  • Middle High German: kristal, kristall
    • German: Kristall (see there for further descendants)
    • Hunsrik: Kristall
    • Luxembourgish: Kristall
• → Old Irish: cristall
  • Irish: criostal
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: cristal, crestal
  • Galician: cristal
  • Portuguese: cristal
• → Old Spanish: cristal
  • Ladino: kristal
  • Spanish: cristal
    • → Tagalog: kristal
• → Polish: kryształ
• → Russian: кристалл (kristall) (see there for further descendants)
• → Swedish: kristall

References

• “crystallum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• crystallum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.