corallium

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοράλλιον (korállion, “coral”), probably ultimately of Semitic origin, see coral for more.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /koˈral.li.um/, [kɔˈral.li.ũ]

Noun

corallium n (genitive coralliī); second declension

  1. coral (the substance, usually referring to the reddish-orange variety)

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative corallium corallia
genitive coralliī coralliōrum
dative coralliō coralliīs
accusative corallium corallia
ablative coralliō coralliīs
vocative corallium corallia

References

  1. ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill
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