"sulphur" meaning in Latin

See sulphur in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈsʊɫ.pʰʊr] [Classical-Latin], [ˈsul.fur] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Hellenised variant of earlier sulpur. Etymology uncertain, but likely related to Proto-Germanic *sweblaz (“sulfur”). *The *sw- in the Germanic term suggests a root *swelp-, which could have arisen as a blend of *selp- (“fat, oil”) and *swel- (“to burn”) or alternatively, be a non-Indo-European Wanderwort. *If the comparison with *sweblaz is set aside, the Latin form can simply be derived from the root *selp-, making it cognate to Proto-Germanic *salbō (“salve, ointment”), Sanskrit सर्पिस् (sarpís, “cleaned melted butter”), सृप्र (sṛprá, “greasy, smooth”), Tocharian B ṣalype (“ointment”), and perhaps Ancient Greek ἔλπος (élpos, “?olive oil, fat”) or ὄλπη (ólpē, “flask for oil”). Per De Vaan, Szemerényi reconstructed an s-stem Proto-Indo-European *sélpos. (For the analogical change of the ending to -ur, compare fulgur; for the phonetic change of *-ol- > -ul-, compare sulcus, and for *-el- > *-ol- > -ul-, compare pulpa.) However, De Vaan finds both the -él- > -ól- and -os > -ur changes to be irregular, and suggests the word alternatively comes from Proto-Italic *solpor, from an r/n-stem Proto-Indo-European *sólpr̥ instead. Etymology templates: {{unc|la|uncertain}} uncertain, {{cog|gem-pro|*sweblaz|t=sulfur}} Proto-Germanic *sweblaz (“sulfur”), {{cog|gem-pro|*salbō|t=salve, ointment}} Proto-Germanic *salbō (“salve, ointment”), {{cog|sa|सर्पिस्||cleaned melted butter|tr=sarpís}} Sanskrit सर्पिस् (sarpís, “cleaned melted butter”), {{cog|txb|ṣalype||ointment}} Tocharian B ṣalype (“ointment”), {{cog|grc|ἔλπος||?olive oil, fat}} Ancient Greek ἔλπος (élpos, “?olive oil, fat”), {{der|la|ine-pro|*sélpos}} Proto-Indo-European *sélpos, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*solpor}} Proto-Italic *solpor, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*sólpr̥}} Proto-Indo-European *sólpr̥ Head templates: {{la-noun|sulphur<3.N>}} sulphur n (genitive sulphuris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|sulphur<3.N>}} Forms: sulphuris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], sulphur [nominative, singular], sulphura [nominative, plural], sulphuris [genitive, singular], sulphurum [genitive, plural], sulphurī [dative, singular], sulphuribus [dative, plural], sulphur [accusative, singular], sulphura [accusative, plural], sulphure [ablative, singular], sulphuribus [ablative, plural], sulphur [singular, vocative], sulphura [plural, vocative], sulpur [alternative], sulfur [alternative]
  1. sulfur, brimstone Tags: declension-3, neuter
    Sense id: en-sulphur-la-noun-o3FAQ-me
  2. lightning Tags: declension-3, neuter
    Sense id: en-sulphur-la-noun-Adtxq4BI Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 30 70

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Alternative forms

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}

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