opalus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Byzantine Greek ὀπάλλιος (opállios), from Sanskrit उपल (upala, “gem, stone”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔ.pa.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔː.pa.lus] === Noun === opalus m (genitive opalī); second declension opal ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: òpal French: opale → English: opal Galician: ópalo → German: Opal Italian: opale Portuguese: opala Spanish: ópalo === See also === opalus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la === References === “opalus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ŏpălus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.