gagates

English

Noun

gagates

1. plural of gagate

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γαγᾱ́της (gagā́tēs, “lignite; jet”), ultimately of Anatolian, possibly Pre-Greek, origin. Pliny compares the places Γάγας (Gágas) and Γάγγαι (Gángai), both from Lycian.

Noun

gagātēs m (genitive gagātae); first declension

1. (with lapis) A hard, black asphalt; variety of lignite; jet, jess.

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs) or third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gagātēs	gagātae gagātēs
Genitive	gagātae gagātis	gagātārum gagātium
Dative	gagātae gagātī	gagātīs gagātibus
Accusative	gagātēn gagātem	gagātās gagātēs gagātīs
Ablative	gagātē gagāte	gagātīs gagātibus
Vocative	gagātē gagātēs	gagātae gagātēs

Descendants

• Dutch: git
• → English: gagate
• → German: Gagat
• Italian: gagate
• Old French: jayet
  • French: jais
  • Middle English: get
    • English: jet
      • → German: Jett
• Piedmontese: giaj
• Russian: гагат (gagat)
• Spanish: gagates

References

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