amethystus

Latin

amethystus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμέθυστος (améthustos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.meˈtʰys.tus/, [ämɛˈt̪ʰʏs̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.meˈtis.tus/, [ämeˈt̪ist̪us]

Noun

amethystus f (genitive amethystī); second declension

1. amethyst (precious stone)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	amethystus	amethystī
Genitive	amethystī	amethystōrum
Dative	amethystō	amethystīs
Accusative	amethystum	amethystōs
Ablative	amethystō	amethystīs
Vocative	amethyste	amethystī

Related terms

• amethystinus
• amethystīzōn

Descendants

• Catalan: ametista
• Old French: ametiste
  • → Middle English: ametist
    • English: amethyst
  • French: améthyste
  • → Middle High German: ametiste
    • German: Amethyst
• → Irish: aimitis
• Italian: ametista
• → Polish: ametyst
• Portuguese: ametista
• Romanian: ametist
• → Russian: амети́ст m (ametíst)
• Spanish: amatista
  • → Tagalog: amatista

References

• “amethystus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• amethystus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “amethystus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers