LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

pūmiceus

pūmiceus (feminine pūmicea, neuter pūmiceum)

Meaning

  1. adjectiverelationalpumice

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepūmiceuspūmiceapūmiceum
genitivepūmiceīpūmiceaepūmiceī
dativepūmiceōpūmiceaepūmiceō
accusativepūmiceumpūmiceampūmiceum
ablativepūmiceōpūmiceāpūmiceō
vocativepūmiceepūmiceapūmiceum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepūmiceīpūmiceaepūmicea
genitivepūmiceōrumpūmiceārumpūmiceōrum
dativepūmiceīspūmiceīspūmiceīs
accusativepūmiceōspūmiceāspūmicea
ablativepūmiceīspūmiceīspūmiceīs
vocativepūmiceīpūmiceaepūmicea

pūmĭcĕus, a, um, adj. pumex,
I. of pumice-stone, or of soft stone; in gen. (very rare): molae, Ov. F. 6, 318: sedes, Sil. 7, 419: antra, Stat. S. 3, 1, 144; cf. fontes, flowing from pumice-stone, Mart. 4, 57, 2. —
II. Trop.: oculi, not in a condition to weep, stony, dry, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 73.

In English words that came into English from pūmiceus

  • pumiceouspūmiceus

Quick answers

What does pūmiceus mean in Latin?
pūmiceus, a adjective, means “pumice”.