Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σῡκῖτῐς (sūkîtis), from σῦκον (sûkon, fig).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

sȳcītis f (genitive sȳcītidis); third declension

  1. A kind of gem of the color of the figs

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sȳcītis sȳcītidēs
Genitive sȳcītidis sȳcītidum
Dative sȳcītidī sȳcītidibus
Accusative sȳcītidem sȳcītidēs
Ablative sȳcītide sȳcītidibus
Vocative sȳcītis sȳcītidēs

References edit

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