pulvis pyrius

Latin

Etymology

Compound of pulvis (“powder”) +‎ pyrius (“fiery”).

Noun

pulvis pyrius m (genitive pulveris pyriī); third declension

  1. (New Latin) gunpowder
    Synonym: pulvis bombardicus

Declension

Third-declension noun with a second-declension adjective.

singular plural
nominative pulvis pyrius pulverēs pyriī
genitive pulveris pyriī pulverum pyriōrum
dative pulverī pyriō pulveribus pyriīs
accusative pulverem pyrium pulverēs pyriōs
ablative pulvere pyriō pulveribus pyriīs
vocative pulvis pyrie pulverēs pyriī

References

  • Helander, Hans (2014), “On Neologisms in Neo-Latin”, in Brill's Encyclopaedia of the Neo-Latin World Online‎[1], →DOI, →ISBN
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