augites
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augites
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐγῑ́της (augī́tēs, “a precious stone”), probably from αὖγος (aûgos, “morning light, dawn”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯ˈɡiː.teːs/, [äu̯ˈɡiːt̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /au̯ˈd͡ʒi.tes/, [äu̯ˈd͡ʒiːt̪es]
Noun edit
augītēs m (genitive augītae); first declension
- A kind of precious stone, often thought to be turquoise
Declension edit
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | augītēs | augītae |
| Genitive | augītae | augītārum |
| Dative | augītae | augītīs |
| Accusative | augītēn | augītās |
| Ablative | augītē | augītīs |
| Vocative | augītē | augītae |
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References edit
- “augites”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- augites in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “augites”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers