amethystinus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἀμεθῠ́στῐνος (amethŭ́stĭnos, “of amethyst”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.mɛˈtʰys.tɪ.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.meˈtis.ti.nus] === Adjective === amethystinus (feminine amethystina, neuter amethystinum); first/second-declension adjective of the color of amethyst, amethyst green set or adorned with amethyst ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== English: amethystine === See also === === References === “amethystinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “amethystinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “amethystinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. amethystinus at the Catalogue of Life