baroptenus
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown. Possibly related to Akkadian 𒁀𒊏𒄣 (baraqu, literally “scintillation”); see smaragdus (“emerald”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /baˈrop.te.nus/, [bäˈrɔpt̪ɛnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /baˈrop.te.nus/, [bäˈrɔpt̪enus]
Noun[edit]
baroptenus f (genitive baroptenī); second declension
- An unknown kind of precious stone of a black color, with white and red spots.
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
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References[edit]
- “baroptenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- baroptenus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.