meconites
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μηκωνίτης (mēkōnítēs), from μήκων (mḗkōn, “poppy”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /meː.koːˈniː.teːs/, [meːkoːˈniːt̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /me.koˈni.tes/, [mekoˈniːt̪es]
Noun edit
mēcōnītēs m (genitive mēcōnītae); first declension
- An unknown kind of precious stone resembling a poppy.
Declension edit
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mēcōnītēs | mēcōnītae |
| Genitive | mēcōnītae | mēcōnītārum |
| Dative | mēcōnītae | mēcōnītīs |
| Accusative | mēcōnītēn | mēcōnītās |
| Ablative | mēcōnītē | mēcōnītīs |
| Vocative | mēcōnītē | mēcōnītae |
References edit
- “meconites”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- meconites in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.