lapis calaminaris

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin lapis calamīnāris, from lapis (“stone, mineral”) + calamīnāris (“of or related to calamine”), from calamīna (“calamine”) + -āris (“-ary: forming adjectives”), from Latin cadmia, from Ancient Greek κᾰδμῐ́ᾱ (kădmĭ́ā), variant of Κᾰδμείᾱ (Kădmeíā), from Κάδμος (Kádmos, “Cadmus”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming related substances”). Doublet of cadmia, calamine, and calaminaris.

Noun

lapis calaminaris (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy, archaic) Synonym of calamine, a pink form of zinc oxide formed as a byproduct during sublimation.
   • 1748, John Hill, The history of fossils, page 625:

     […] was the first who publickly declar'd and prov'd Lapis Calaminaris to be the ore of Zinck.

Latin

Noun

lapis calamīnāris m

1. (mineralogy, Medieval Latin) synonym of cadmia, calamine

Declension

Third-declension noun with a third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	lapis calamīnāris	lapidēs calamīnārēs
genitive	lapidis calamīnāris	lapidum calamīnārium
dative	lapidī calamīnārī	lapidibus calamīnāribus
accusative	lapidem calamīnārem	lapidēs calamīnārēs lapidēs calamīnārīs
ablative	lapide calamīnāre	lapidibus calamīnāribus
vocative	lapis calamīnāris	lapidēs calamīnārēs