callais

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek κάλλαϊς (kállaïs), variant of κάλαϊς (kálaïs, “turquoise”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkal.la.ɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkal.la.is] === Noun === callais f (genitive callaidis); third declension A sea-green precious stone, the turquoise ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== callaina callainus === Further reading === “callais”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “callais”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.