cinnabaris

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κιννάβαρι (kinnábari), from perhaps Arabic زِنْجَفْر (zinjafr), related to Persian شنگرف‎ (šangarf) from Old Persian 𐎿𐎡𐎣𐎲𐎽𐎢𐏁 (s-i-k-b-ru-u-š /⁠siⁿkabruš⁠/, “carnelian”) , of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kinˈna.ba.ris/, [kɪnˈnäbärɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃinˈna.ba.ris/, [t͡ʃinˈnäːbäris]

Noun

cinnabaris f (genitive cinnabaris); third declension)

1. dragon's blood (resin, the colour of cinnabar)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -em or -im, ablative singular in -e or -ī).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cinnabaris	cinnabarēs
Genitive	cinnabaris	cinnabarium
Dative	cinnabarī	cinnabaribus
Accusative	cinnabarem cinnabarim	cinnabarēs cinnabarīs
Ablative	cinnabare cinnabarī	cinnabaribus
Vocative	cinnabaris	cinnabarēs

References

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