opalus

Latin

Etymology

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Sanskrit उपल (upala)bor.

Medieval Greek ὀπάλλιος (opállios)der.

Latin opalus

Derived from Medieval Greek ὀπάλλιος (opállios), borrowed from Sanskrit उपल (upala).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔ.pa.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔː.pa.lus]

Noun

opalus m (genitive opalī); second declension

1. opal

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	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
• Galician: ópalo
• → German: Opal
• Italian: opale
• Portuguese: opala
• Spanish: ópalo

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
• “ŏpălus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.