papyrius
Latin
Alternative forms
- papirius, papyreus (Late Latin)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [paˈpyː.ri.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [paˈpiː.ri.us]
Adjective
papȳrius (feminine papȳria, neuter papȳrium); first/second-declension adjective
- papyrus (relational adjective)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | papȳrius | papȳria | papȳrium | papȳriī | papȳriae | papȳria | |
| genitive | papȳriī | papȳriae | papȳriī | papȳriōrum | papȳriārum | papȳriōrum | |
| dative | papȳriō | papȳriae | papȳriō | papȳriīs | |||
| accusative | papȳrium | papȳriam | papȳrium | papȳriōs | papȳriās | papȳria | |
| ablative | papȳriō | papȳriā | papȳriō | papȳriīs | |||
| vocative | papȳrie | papȳria | papȳrium | papȳriī | papȳriae | papȳria | |
Descendants
(see also papȳrus)
- Vulgar Latin: *papērium/-a
- Vulgar Latin: *papēlium
References
- “papyrius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “papyrius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.