Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἁμμῖτις (hammîtis).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

hammītis f (genitive hammītidis); third declension

  1. An unknown precious stone similar to fish eggs

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative hammītis hammītidēs
Genitive hammītidis hammītidum
Dative hammītidī hammītidibus
Accusative hammītidem hammītidēs
Ablative hammītide hammītidibus
Vocative hammītis hammītidēs

References edit

  • hammitis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hammitis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.