αἱματίτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αἷμα (haîma) +‎ -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hai̯.ma.tǐː.tɛːs/ → /ɛ.maˈti.tis/ → /e.maˈti.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hai̯.ma.tǐː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ɛ.maˈti.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛ.maˈti.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.maˈti.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.maˈti.tis/

Adjective

αἱμᾰτῑ́της • (haimatī́tēs) m (feminine αἱμᾰτῖτις); third declension

1. bloodlike (used chiefly in fixed expressions; see Derived terms)

Declension

First declension of ὁ αἱμᾰτῑ́της; τοῦ αἱμᾰτῑ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ αἱμᾰτῑ́της ho haimatī́tēs	τὼ αἱμᾰτῑ́τᾱ tṑ haimatī́tā	οἱ αἱμᾰτῖται hoi haimatîtai
Genitive	τοῦ αἱμᾰτῑ́του toû haimatī́tou	τοῖν αἱμᾰτῑ́ταιν toîn haimatī́tain	τῶν αἱμᾰτῑτῶν tôn haimatītôn
Dative	τῷ αἱμᾰτῑ́τῃ tôi haimatī́tēi	τοῖν αἱμᾰτῑ́ταιν toîn haimatī́tain	τοῖς αἱμᾰτῑ́ταις toîs haimatī́tais
Accusative	τὸν αἱμᾰτῑ́την tòn haimatī́tēn	τὼ αἱμᾰτῑ́τᾱ tṑ haimatī́tā	τοὺς αἱμᾰτῑ́τᾱς toùs haimatī́tās
Vocative	αἱμᾰτῖτᾰ haimatîta	αἱμᾰτῑ́τᾱ haimatī́tā	αἱμᾰτῖται haimatîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• εἰλεὸς αἱματῑ́της (eileòs haimatī́tēs, “scurvy”)
• λίθος αἱματῑ́της (líthos haimatī́tēs, “haematite”)

Descendants

• → Latin: haematītēs
  • Dutch: hematiet
  • English: hematite, hæmatite (old-fashioned); haematite (UK)
  • Finnish: hematiitti
  • Middle French: hematite
    • French: hématite
  • German: Hämatit
  • Italian: ematite
  • Polish: hematyt

Further reading

• αἱματίτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αἱματίτης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “αἱματίτης”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “αἱματίτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press