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 | papȳrus | papȳra | papȳrum | papȳrī | papȳrae | papȳra | |
| genitive | papȳrī | papȳrae | papȳrī | papȳrōrum | papȳrārum | papȳrōrum | |
| dative | papȳrō | papȳrae | papȳrō | papȳrīs | |||
| accusative | papȳrum | papȳram | papȳrum | papȳrōs | papȳrās | papȳra | |
| ablative | papȳrō | papȳrā | papȳrō | papȳrīs | |||
| vocative | papȳre | papȳra | papȳrum | papȳrī | papȳrae | papȳra | |
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.