opalus

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Byzantine Greek ὀπάλλιος (opállios), from Sanskrit उपल (upala, “gem, stone”).

Noun[edit]

opalus m (genitive opalī); second declension

  1. opal

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative opalus opalī
Genitive opalī opalōrum
Dative opalō opalīs
Accusative opalum opalōs
Ablative opalō opalīs
Vocative opale opalī

Descendants[edit]

  • Catalan: òpal
  • French: opale
  • → German: Opal
  • Italian: opale

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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