noun · femininethird declension
cinnabaris
cinnabaris f (genitive cinnabaris)
Classical[kɪnˈna.ba.rɪs]Ecclesiastical[t͡ʃinˈnaː.ba.ris]
Meaning
- femininedragon's blood (resin, the colour of cinnabar)
- femininecinnabar
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cinnabaris | cinnabarēs |
| genitive | cinnabaris | cinnabarium |
| dative | cinnabarī | cinnabaribus |
| accusative | cinnabarem cinnabarim | cinnabarēs cinnabarīs |
| ablative | cinnabare cinnabarī | cinnabaribus |
| vocative | cinnabaris | cinnabarēs |
cinnăbăris, is, f. (cinnăbări, is, n., Sol. 25, 14 dub., and in some MSS. and edd. Plin. 33, 7, 38, § 115; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 555), = κιννάβαρι.
I. A pigment obtained from the gum of the dragon's-blood tree, dragon's-blood, Plin. 33, 7, 39, § 117; 13, 1, 2, § 7.—Abl. cinnabari, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 25; 29, 4, 19, § 66.—
II. Some erroneously give this name to cinnabar, vermilion (minium), Plin. 33, 7, 38, § 115 sqq.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κιννάβαρι (kinnábari).
Descendants
- Catalancinabri
- Frenchcinabrefrom Old French cinabre
- Frenchcinnabrefrom Old French cinabre
- Frenchcinobrefrom Old French cinabre
- Frenchcinnobrefrom Old French cinabre
- Englishcinnabarfrom Old French cinabre
- GermanZinnoberfrom Old French cinabre
- Italiancinabro
- Portuguesecinábrio
- Spanishcinabrio
In English words that came into English from cinnabaris
- cinnabarcinnabaris