pyropus

== English == === Noun === pyropus (plural pyropuses) Obsolete form of pyrope (“type of garnet”). == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek πυρωπός (purōpós, “fire-colored”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) +‎ ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pyˈroː.pʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [piˈrɔː.pus] === Noun === pyrōpus m (genitive pyrōpī); second declension an alloy of copper and gold (Late Latin) pyrope, garnet, precious red stone ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: pirop → English: pyrope French: pyrope → German: Pyrop Italian: piropo Portuguese: piropo Romanian: pirop Spanish: piropo === References === “pyropus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “pyropus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.