batrachites
English
editNoun
editbatrachites
- plural of batrachite
Latin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek βατραχίτης (batrakhítēs), from βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ba.traˈkʰiː.teːs/, [bät̪räˈkʰiːt̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ba.traˈki.tes/, [bät̪räˈkiːt̪es]
Noun
editbatrachītēs m (genitive batrachītae); first declension
- A kind of frog-colored precious stone
Declension
editFirst-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | batrachītēs | batrachītae |
Genitive | batrachītae | batrachītārum |
Dative | batrachītae | batrachītīs |
Accusative | batrachītēn | batrachītās |
Ablative | batrachītē | batrachītīs |
Vocative | batrachītē | batrachītae |
Descendants
edit- English: batrachite
References
edit- “batrachites”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- batrachites in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.