pumex
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *(s)poH(y)- (“foam”). Related to spūma.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpuː.meks/, [ˈpuːmɛks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpu.meks/, [ˈpuːmeks]
Noun
[edit]pūmex m or f (genitive pūmicis); third declension
- a pumice stone
- pumice
- any porous rock
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pūmex | pūmicēs |
| genitive | pūmicis | pūmicum |
| dative | pūmicī | pūmicibus |
| accusative | pūmicem | pūmicēs |
| ablative | pūmice | pūmicibus |
| vocative | pūmex | pūmicēs |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “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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