Pentelic marble

noun

A white marble with a uniform, faint yellow tint, quarried on Mount Pentelicus near Athens.

OriginLatin marmor Pentelicum →
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Meanings

nounPentelic marble (usually uncountable, plural Pentelic marbles)

plural Pentelic marbles

  1. uncountableusuallychemistryA white marble with a uniform, faint yellow tint, quarried on Mount Pentelicus near Athens.

Origin

  1. Latinmarmor Pentelicum
  2. EnglishPentelic marble

Calque of Latin marmor Pentelicum.

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Translations

Latin marmor Pentelicum
  • marmor Pentelicumtype of marble
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