opalus

Latin

Etymology

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

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
• → 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.