dendritis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δενδρῖτις (dendrîtis), from δένδρον (déndron, “tree”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /denˈdriː.tis/, [d̪ɛn̪ˈd̪riːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /denˈdri.tis/, [d̪en̪ˈd̪riːt̪is]

Noun

dendrītis f (genitive dendrītidis); third declension

1. An unknown gem

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dendrītis	dendrītidēs
Genitive	dendrītidis	dendrītidum
Dative	dendrītidī	dendrītidibus
Accusative	dendrītidem	dendrītidēs
Ablative	dendrītide	dendrītidibus
Vocative	dendrītis	dendrītidēs

References

• “dendritis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dendritis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “dendritis”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray