myrmecitis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μυρμηκῖτις (murmēkîtis), from μύρμηξ (múrmēx, “ant”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /myr.meːˈkiː.tis/, [mʏrmeːˈkiːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mir.meˈt͡ʃi.tis/, [mirmeˈt͡ʃiːt̪is]

Noun

myrmēcītis f (genitive myrmēcītidis); third declension

1. A precious stone containing something like ants

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	myrmēcītis	myrmēcītidēs
Genitive	myrmēcītidis	myrmēcītidum
Dative	myrmēcītidī	myrmēcītidibus
Accusative	myrmēcītidem	myrmēcītidēs
Ablative	myrmēcītide	myrmēcītidibus
Vocative	myrmēcītis	myrmēcītidēs

References

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