sapphirus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === sappīrus (Classical Latin) sapphir, sappir === Etymology === From Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sapˈpʰiː.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [sapˈfiː.rus] === Noun === sapphīrus f (genitive sapphīrī); second declension (Classical Latin, originally) a blue gem from the east, probably the lapis lazuli (later) sapphire Synonym: (Classical Latin) hyacinthus ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== sapphirinus ==== Descendants ==== French: saphir→ Romanian: safir n→ Turkish: safir Italian: zaffiro→ Greek: ζαφείρι (zafeíri) Spanish: zafiro === References === “sapphirus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “sapphirus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.