lignyzon

Latin

Alternative forms

• lignyizōn

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /liɡˈnyːz.zoːn/, [lʲɪŋˈnyːz̪d̪͡z̪oːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /liɲˈɲid.d͡zon/, [liɲˈɲid̪ː͡z̪on]

Noun

lignȳzōn m (genitive lignȳzontis); third declension

1. an Indian carbuncle of faint brilliancy and a brownish color
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.25:

     ob id plerique hunc carbunculum candidum vocavere, eum, qui languidius lucet, lignyzontem

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lignȳzōn	lignȳzontēs
genitive	lignȳzontis	lignȳzontum
dative	lignȳzontī	lignȳzontibus
accusative	lignȳzontem	lignȳzontēs
ablative	lignȳzonte	lignȳzontibus
vocative	lignȳzōn	lignȳzontēs

References

• lignȳzōn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 910/3.
• “lignyzōn” on page 1,030/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)