corallium

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοράλλιον (korállion, “coral”), probably ultimately of Semitic origin, see coral for more.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /koˈral.li.um/, [kɔˈral.li.ũ]

Noun

corallium n (genitive coralliī); second declension

  1. coral (the substance, usually referring to the reddish-orange variety)

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative corallium corallia
Genitive coralliī coralliōrum
Dative coralliō coralliīs
Accusative corallium corallia
Ablative coralliō coralliīs
Vocative corallium corallia

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill
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