beryllus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

  • Borrowed from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos), borrowed from Pali veḷuriya + Prakrit 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀅 (verulia).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    bēryllus m (genitive bēryllī); second declension

    1. beryl

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative bēryllus bēryllī
    genitive bēryllī bēryllōrum
    dative bēryllō bēryllīs
    accusative bēryllum bēryllōs
    ablative bēryllō bēryllīs
    vocative bērylle bēryllī

    Derived terms

    • beryllus aeroides

    Descendants

    References

    • beryllus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • beryllus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • beryllus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • beryllus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray