Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐχῖτις (ekhîtis), from ἔχις (ékhis, adder).

Noun edit

echītis f (genitive echītidis); third declension

  1. A kind of agate

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative echītis echītidēs
Genitive echītidis echītidum
Dative echītidī echītidibus
Accusative echītidem echītidēs
Ablative echītide echītidibus
Vocative echītis echītidēs

References edit

  • echitis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • echitis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.