opalus

Latin

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek ὀπάλλιος (opállios), from Sanskrit उपल (upala, “gem, stone”).

Noun

opalus m (genitive opalī); second declension

opal

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	opalus	opalī
Genitive	opalī	opalōrum
Dative	opalō	opalīs
Accusative	opalum	opalōs
Ablative	opalō	opalīs
Vocative	opale	opalī

Descendants

Catalan: òpal
French: opale
- → English: opal
→ German: Opal
Italian: opale

See also

opalus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la

References

“opalus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
opalus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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