passernix

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pasˈser.niːks/, [päs̠ˈs̠ɛrniːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pasˈser.niks/, [päsˈsɛrniks]

Noun

passernīx f (genitive passernīcis); third declension

1. whetstone

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	passernīx	passernīcēs
Genitive	passernīcis	passernīcum
Dative	passernīcī	passernīcibus
Accusative	passernīcem	passernīcēs
Ablative	passernīce	passernīcibus
Vocative	passernīx	passernīcēs

Synonyms

• cōs

References

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