pulvis

Latin

Noun

pulvis (genitive pulveris); m, third declension

1. dust, powder
2. (figuratively) an arena, place of contest

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	pulvis	pulverēs
genitive	pulveris	pulverum
dative	pulverī	pulveribus
accusative	pulverem	pulverēs
ablative	pulvere	pulveribus
vocative	pulvis	pulverēs

Descendants

Albanian: pluhur Aromanian: pulbire Catalan: pols Dalmatian: pulvro Dutch: poeder, poer, pulver, verpulveren English: powder, pulverize French: poussière, poudre Friulian: polvar German: Pulver, Puder

Italian: polvere Occitan: polvèra Old Portuguese: poo Portuguese: pólvora, pó Romanian: pulbere Romansch: pulvra, puorla, polvra, puolvra Sardinian: peure, piubaru, piubere, piure, prubere Sicilian: pùrviri Spanish: pólvora, polvo

References

• pulvis in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879