pumex
Latin
Etymology
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(deprecated template usage) From Proto-Indo-European *(s)poH(y)- (“foam”). Related to spūma.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpuː.meks/, [ˈpuːmɛks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpu.meks/, [ˈpuːmeks]
Noun
pūmex m or f (genitive pūmicis); third declension
- a pumice stone
- pumice
- any porous rock
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pūmex | pūmicēs |
| Genitive | pūmicis | pūmicum |
| Dative | pūmicī | pūmicibus |
| Accusative | pūmicem | pūmicēs |
| Ablative | pūmice | pūmicibus |
| Vocative | pūmex | pūmicēs |
Descendants
References
- “pumex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pumex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pumex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 510
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- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin third declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the third declension
- Latin feminine nouns in the third declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin feminine nouns
- Latin nouns with multiple genders