holosericus

== Latin == === Etymology === From the Ancient Greek ὁλοσηρῐκός (holosērĭkós, “of silk”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɔ.ɫɔˈseː.rɪ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [o.loˈs̬ɛː.ri.kus] === Adjective === holosēricus (feminine holosērica, neuter holosēricum); first/second-declension adjective entirely silken, made of pure silk ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Synonyms ==== (entirely silken, made of pure silk): holosēricālis, holosēricātus ==== Derived terms ==== holosērica ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ Romanian: urșinic === References === “hŏlŏsērĭcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "holosericus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “hŏlŏsērĭcus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 751/1. Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “holosericus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 491/1