amethystinus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμεθῠ́στῐνος (amethústinos, “of amethyst”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.meˈtʰys.ti.nus/, [ämɛˈt̪ʰʏs̠t̪ɪnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.meˈtis.ti.nus/, [ämeˈt̪ist̪inus]

Adjective

amethystinus (feminine amethystina, neuter amethystinum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of the color of amethyst, amethyst green
2. set or adorned with amethyst

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	amethystinus	amethystina	amethystinum		amethystinī	amethystinae	amethystina
Genitive	amethystinī	amethystinae	amethystinī		amethystinōrum	amethystinārum	amethystinōrum
Dative	amethystinō		amethystinō		amethystinīs
Accusative	amethystinum	amethystinam	amethystinum		amethystinōs	amethystinās	amethystina
Ablative	amethystinō	amethystinā	amethystinō		amethystinīs
Vocative	amethystine	amethystina	amethystinum		amethystinī	amethystinae	amethystina

Descendants

Translingual descendants

• Cortinarius amethystinus

• Phapitreron amethystinus
• Russula amethystina

• English: amethystine

References

• “amethystinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “amethystinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• amethystinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• amethystinus at the Catalogue of Life