crystallum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === cristallum === Etymology === From Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “ice”), from κρύος (krúos, “icy cold, chill, frost”). The reasoning behind the change from masculine to neuter is unknown. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [krysˈtal.lũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [krisˈtal.lum] === Noun === crystallum n (genitive crystallī); second declension a crystal a thing made from crystal (by extension) a gem or stone resembling crystal ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== === References === “crystallum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “crystallum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.