Amalecites
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀμᾱληκῑ́της (Amālēkī́tēs), in turn from Biblical Hebrew עֲמָלֵק ('Ămālēq) with Greek suffix -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, “demonymic suffix”)
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /a.maː.leːˈkiː.teːs/, [ämäːɫ̪eːˈkiːt̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.ma.leˈt͡ʃi.tes/, [ämäleˈt͡ʃiːt̪es]
Proper noun
editAmālēcītēs m (genitive Amālēcītae); first declension
- an Amalekite
Declension
editFirst-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Amālēcītēs | Amālēcītae |
Genitive | Amālēcītae | Amālēcītārum |
Dative | Amālēcītae | Amālēcītīs |
Accusative | Amālēcītēn | Amālēcītās |
Ablative | Amālēcītē | Amālēcītīs |
Vocative | Amālēcītē | Amālēcītae |
References
edit- “Amalecites”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Amalecites in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.