leucophthalmos

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λευκόφθαλμος (leukóphthalmos), from λευκός (leukós, “white”) + ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós, “eye”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /leu̯.kopʰˈtʰal.mos/, [ɫ̪ɛu̯kɔpʰˈt̪ʰäɫ̪mɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leu̯.kofˈtal.mos/, [leu̯kofˈt̪älmos]

Noun

leucophthalmos m (genitive leucophthalmī); second declension

1. An unknown gem

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	leucophthalmos	leucophthalmī
Genitive	leucophthalmī	leucophthalmōrum
Dative	leucophthalmō	leucophthalmīs
Accusative	leucophthalmon	leucophthalmōs
Ablative	leucophthalmō	leucophthalmīs
Vocative	leucophthalme	leucophthalmī

References

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