coriaceus

Latin

Etymology

From corium (“leather”) +‎ -āceus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔ.riˈaː.ke.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ko.riˈaː.t͡ʃe.us]

Adjective

coriāceus (feminine coriācea, neuter coriāceum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) leather
2. leathery; coriaceous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	coriāceus	coriācea	coriāceum		coriāceī	coriāceae	coriācea
genitive	coriāceī	coriāceae	coriāceī		coriāceōrum	coriāceārum	coriāceōrum
dative	coriāceō	coriāceae	coriāceō		coriāceīs
accusative	coriāceum	coriāceam	coriāceum		coriāceōs	coriāceās	coriācea
ablative	coriāceō	coriāceā	coriāceō		coriāceīs
vocative	coriācee	coriācea	coriāceum		coriāceī	coriāceae	coriācea

Related terms

• corium

Descendants

• Catalan: coriaci, cuirassa
• French: coriace, cuirasse
• Friulian: corace, coriaci
• Galician: coiraza
• Italian: corazza
• → Italian: coriaceo
• Occitan: coirassa
• Portuguese: couraça
• → Portuguese: coriáceo
• Sicilian: curazza
• Spanish: coraza
  • → Hopi: kolaasa
• → Spanish: coriáceo
• Venetan: corasa

References

• “coriaceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “coriaceus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.