pulvis bombardicus

Latin

Noun

pulvis bombardicus m (genitive pulveris bombardicī); third declension

  1. (New Latin) gunpowder
    Synonym: pulvis pyrius
    • 1582, Jacques Guillemeau, editor, Opera Ambrosii Parei Regis Primarii et Parisiensis Chirurgi‎[1], page 337:
      Eodem planè modo puluis bombardicus igneſcens, in multo maiorem faceſſit aëris copiam
      In exactly the same way, gunpowder catching fire lets off a much greater profusion of air.

Declension

Third-declension noun with a second-declension adjective.

singular plural
nominative pulvis bombardicus pulverēs bombardicī
genitive pulveris bombardicī pulverum bombardicōrum
dative pulverī bombardicō pulveribus bombardicīs
accusative pulverem bombardicum pulverēs bombardicōs
ablative pulvere bombardicō pulveribus bombardicīs
vocative pulvis bombardice pulverēs bombardicī

References

  • Helander, Hans (2014), “On Neologisms in Neo-Latin”, in Brill's Encyclopaedia of the Neo-Latin World Online‎[2], →DOI, →ISBN
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