mormorion
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown.
Noun[edit]
mormō̆riō̆n f (genitive mormō̆riō̆nis); 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[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mormō̆riō̆n | mormō̆riōnēs |
| Genitive | mormō̆riōnis | mormō̆riōnum |
| Dative | mormō̆riōnī | mormō̆riōnibus |
| Accusative | mormō̆riōnem | mormō̆riōnēs |
| Ablative | mormō̆riōne | mormō̆riōnibus |
| Vocative | mormō̆riō̆n | mormō̆riōnēs |
Derived terms[edit]
- morion as a misreading
References[edit]
- “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.