conchylium
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Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek κογχύλιον (konkhúlion, “small mussel”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /konˈkʰyː.li.um/, [kɔŋˈkʰyːlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈki.li.um/, [koŋˈkiːlium]
Noun
[edit]conchȳlium n (genitive conchȳliī or conchȳlī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | conchȳlium | conchȳlia |
Genitive | conchȳliī conchȳlī1 |
conchȳliōrum |
Dative | conchȳliō | conchȳliīs |
Accusative | conchȳlium | conchȳlia |
Ablative | conchȳliō | conchȳliīs |
Vocative | conchȳlium | conchȳlia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
[edit]- Catalan: conquilla
- Italian: conchiglia
- Neapolitan: sconciglio
- → English: scungilli
References
[edit]- “conchylium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “conchylium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- conchylium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.