LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

papȳrāceus

papȳrāceus (feminine papȳrācea, neuter papȳrāceum)

Meaning

  1. adjectivemade of papyrus

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepapȳrāceuspapȳrāceapapȳrāceum
genitivepapȳrāceīpapȳrāceaepapȳrāceī
dativepapȳrāceōpapȳrāceaepapȳrāceō
accusativepapȳrāceumpapȳrāceampapȳrāceum
ablativepapȳrāceōpapȳrāceāpapȳrāceō
vocativepapȳrāceepapȳrāceapapȳrāceum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepapȳrāceīpapȳrāceaepapȳrācea
genitivepapȳrāceōrumpapȳrāceārumpapȳrāceōrum
dativepapȳrāceīspapȳrāceīspapȳrāceīs
accusativepapȳrāceōspapȳrāceāspapȳrācea
ablativepapȳrāceīspapȳrāceīspapȳrāceīs
vocativepapȳrāceīpapȳrāceaepapȳrācea

păpȳrācĕus, a, um, adj. papyrus,
I. made of papyrus: Ellychnium papyraceum, Plin. 28, 11, 47, § 168: naves, id. 6, 22, 24, § 82.

Origins

From papȳrus (“papyrus”) + -āceus.

In English words that came into English from papȳrāceus

  • papyraceouspapȳrāceus

Quick answers

What does papȳrāceus mean in Latin?
papȳrāceus, a adjective, means “made of papyrus”.