noun · femininethird declension
mormō̆riō̆n
mormō̆riō̆n f (genitive mormō̆riō̆nis)
Meaning
- a kind of dark brown rock crystal
Mormorion ab India nigerrimo colore tralucet vocatur et promnion, cum in ea miscetur et carbunculi color, Alexandrion, ubi vero sardae Cyprium.
Mormorion from India in the blackest colour is also called promnion, and when carbuncle colour is mixed into it it is Alexandrian, but when it is of sard colour it is Cypriot.77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 37.173
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mormō̆riō̆n | mormō̆riōnēs |
| genitive | mormō̆riōnis | mormō̆riōnum |
| dative | mormō̆riōnī | mormō̆riōnibus |
| accusative | mormō̆riōnem | mormō̆riōnēs |
| ablative | mormō̆riōne | mormō̆riōnibus |
| vocative | mormō̆riō̆n | mormō̆riōnēs |
mormorion, ōnis, f.,
I. a kind of darkbrown rock crystal, Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 173.
Origins
Unknown.