eureos

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown.

Noun[edit]

eureos m (genitive eureī); second declension

  1. An off-white striated stone, perhaps an echinoid spine.

Usage notes[edit]

The precise reading of this term is uncertain.

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative eureos eureī
Genitive eureī eureōrum
Dative eureō eureīs
Accusative eureon eureōs
Ablative eureō eureīs
Vocative euree eureī

References[edit]

  • eureos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • eureos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • eureos” on page 628/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
  • Liñán, Eladio, Liñán, María, Carrasco, Joaquín (2013) “Cryptopalaeontology”, in C. J. Duffin et al., editors, A History of Geology and Medicine, The Geological Society, →ISBN, page 50