batrachites
English edit
Noun edit
batrachites
- plural of batrachite
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βατραχίτης (batrakhítēs), from βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ba.traˈkʰiː.teːs/, [bät̪räˈkʰiːt̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ba.traˈki.tes/, [bät̪räˈkiːt̪es]
Noun edit
batrachītēs m (genitive batrachītae); first declension
- A kind of frog-colored precious stone
Declension edit
First-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.