sapphirus

Latin

Alternative forms
  • sapphir, sappir

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /sapˈpʰiː.rus/, [sapˈpʰiː.rʊs]

Noun

sapphīrus f (genitive sapphīrī); second declension

  1. sapphire

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sapphīrus sapphīrī
Genitive sapphīrī sapphīrōrum
Dative sapphīrō sapphīrīs
Accusative sapphīrum sapphīrōs
Ablative sapphīrō sapphīrīs
Vocative sapphīre sapphīrī

References
  • sapphirus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sapphirus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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