papyrius

Latin

Alternative forms

• papirius, papyreus (Late Latin)

Etymology

From papȳrus +‎ -ius

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [paˈpyː.ri.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [paˈpiː.ri.us]

Adjective

papȳrius (feminine papȳria, neuter papȳrium); first/second-declension adjective

1. papyrus (relational adjective)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	papȳrius	papȳria	papȳrium		papȳriī	papȳriae	papȳria
genitive	papȳriī	papȳriae	papȳriī		papȳriōrum	papȳriārum	papȳriōrum
dative	papȳriō	papȳriae	papȳriō		papȳriīs
accusative	papȳrium	papȳriam	papȳrium		papȳriōs	papȳriās	papȳria
ablative	papȳriō	papȳriā	papȳriō		papȳriīs
vocative	papȳrie	papȳria	papȳrium		papȳriī	papȳriae	papȳria

Descendants

(see also papȳrus)

• Vulgar Latin: *papērium/-a
  • Italian: papeio, papéo
  • Venetan: pavéro, pavera (see there for further descendants)
• Vulgar Latin: *papēlium
  • Romansch: pavagl
  • Old French: pavoil, paveil

References

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