melinoporphyrus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Irregularly from the Ancient Greek μήλῐνος (mḗlinos, “quince-yellow”) + πορφύρεος (porphúreos, “purple”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /meː.li.noˈpor.pʰy.rus/, [meːlʲɪnɔˈpɔrpʰʏrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /me.li.noˈpor.fi.rus/, [melinoˈpɔrfirus]
Adjective[edit]
mēlinoporphyrus (feminine mēlinoporphyra, neuter mēlinoporphyrum); first/second-declension adjective
- (Medieval Latin) of a yellow-purple colour
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | mēlinoporphyrus | mēlinoporphyra | mēlinoporphyrum | mēlinoporphyrī | mēlinoporphyrae | mēlinoporphyra | |
| Genitive | mēlinoporphyrī | mēlinoporphyrae | mēlinoporphyrī | mēlinoporphyrōrum | mēlinoporphyrārum | mēlinoporphyrōrum | |
| Dative | mēlinoporphyrō | mēlinoporphyrō | mēlinoporphyrīs | ||||
| Accusative | mēlinoporphyrum | mēlinoporphyram | mēlinoporphyrum | mēlinoporphyrōs | mēlinoporphyrās | mēlinoporphyra | |
| Ablative | mēlinoporphyrō | mēlinoporphyrā | mēlinoporphyrō | mēlinoporphyrīs | |||
| Vocative | mēlinoporphyre | mēlinoporphyra | mēlinoporphyrum | mēlinoporphyrī | mēlinoporphyrae | mēlinoporphyra | |
References[edit]
- Melinoporphyrus 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)