tecolithos

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek τηκόλῐθος (tēkólĭthos, “dissolving stones”, adjective), from Ancient Greek τήκω (tḗkō, “to dissolve”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [teːˈkɔ.lɪ.tʰɔs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [teˈkɔː.li.tos] === Noun === tēcolithos m (genitive tēcolithī); second declension An unknown gem ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (Greek-type). === References === “tecolithos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “tecolithos”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.