pumex

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)poH(y)- (“foam”). Related to spūma.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpuː.meks/, [ˈpuː.mɛks]

Noun

pūmex m, f (genitive pūmicis); third declension

  1. a pumice stone
  2. pumice
  3. any porous rock

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pūmex pūmicēs
Genitive pūmicis pūmicum
Dative pūmicī pūmicibus
Accusative pūmicem pūmicēs
Ablative pūmice pūmicibus
Vocative pūmex pūmicēs

Descendants

References
  • pumex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pumex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pumex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 510
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