byssinus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek βύσσινος (bússinos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbys.sɪ.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbis.si.nus] === Adjective === byssinus (feminine byssina, neuter byssinum); first/second-declension adjective Made of byssus ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “byssinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “byssinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.