mormorion
Latin
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /morˈmo.ri.on/, [mɔrˈmɔriɔn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /morˈmo.ri.on/, [morˈmɔːrion]
Noun
mormorion f (genitive mormorionis); third declension (hapax)
- a kind of dark brown rock crystal
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.173:
- Mormorion ab India nigerrimo colore tralucet vocatur et promnion, cum in ea miscetur et carbunculi color, Alexandrion, ubi vero sardae Cyprium.
- Mormorion from India in the blackest colour is also called promnion, and when carbuncle colour is mixed into it it is Alexandrian, but when it is of sard colour it is Cypriot.
- Mormorion ab India nigerrimo colore tralucet vocatur et promnion, cum in ea miscetur et carbunculi color, Alexandrion, ubi vero sardae Cyprium.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mormorion | mormorionēs |
| Genitive | mormorionis | mormorionum |
| Dative | mormorionī | mormorionibus |
| Accusative | mormorionem | mormorionēs |
| Ablative | mormorione | mormorionibus |
| Vocative | mormorion | mormorionēs |
Derived terms
- morion as a misreading
References
- “mormorion”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mormorion in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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