mesoleucos

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek μεσόλευκος (mesóleukos, “middling white”), from μέσος (mésos, “middle”) + λευκός (leukós, “white”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛ.sɔˈɫɛu̯.kɔs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [me.s̬oˈlɛːu̯.kos] === Noun === mesoleucos m (genitive mesoleucī); second declension An unknown black gem, with a white stripe A plant ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (Greek-type). === References === “mesoleucos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “mesoleucos”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.