lapis calaminaris
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin lapis calamīnāris, from lapis (“stone, mineral”) + calamīnāris (“of or related to calamine”), from calamīna (“calamine”) + -āris (“-ary: forming adjectives”), from Latin cadmia, from Ancient Greek κᾰδμῐ́ᾱ (kădmĭ́ā), variant of Κᾰδμείᾱ (Kădmeíā), from Κάδμος (Kádmos, “Cadmus”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming related substances”). Doublet of cadmia, calamine, and calaminaris.
Noun
lapis calaminaris (uncountable)
- (mineralogy, archaic) Synonym of calamine, a pink form of zinc oxide formed as a byproduct during sublimation.
Latin
Noun
lapis calamīnāris m
- (mineralogy, Medieval Latin) synonym of cadmia, calamine
Declension
Third-declension noun with a third-declension noun (i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lapis calamīnāris | lapidēs calamīnārēs |
| genitive | lapidis calamīnāris | lapidum calamīnārium |
| dative | lapidī calamīnārī | lapidibus calamīnāribus |
| accusative | lapidem calamīnārem | lapidēs calamīnārēs lapidēs calamīnārīs |
| ablative | lapide calamīnāre | lapidibus calamīnāribus |
| vocative | lapis calamīnāris | lapidēs calamīnārēs |