crystallum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “ice”), from κρύος (krúos, “icy cold, chill, frost”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /krysˈtal.lum/, [krʏs̠ˈt̪älːʲʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /krisˈtal.lum/, [krisˈt̪älːum]

Noun

crystallum n (genitive crystallī); second declension

1. a crystal
2. a thing made from crystal
3. (by extension) a gem or stone resembling crystal

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	crystallum	crystalla
Genitive	crystallī	crystallōrum
Dative	crystallō	crystallīs
Accusative	crystallum	crystalla
Ablative	crystallō	crystallīs
Vocative	crystallum	crystalla

References

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