corallium

See also: Corallium

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοράλλιον (korállion, “coral”), probably ultimately of Semitic origin, see coral for more.[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /koˈral.li.um/, [kɔˈrälːʲiʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈral.li.um/, [koˈrälːium]

Noun

corallium n (genitive coralliī or corallī); second declension

coral (the substance, usually referring to the reddish-orange variety)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	corallium	corallia
Genitive	coralliī corallī¹	coralliōrum
Dative	coralliō	coralliīs
Accusative	corallium	corallia
Ablative	coralliō	coralliīs
Vocative	corallium	corallia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

Catalan: coral, → corall
Old French: coral
- → English: coral
- French: corail

References

Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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