Latin edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

myrmēcītis f (genitive myrmēcītidis); third declension

  1. A precious stone containing something like ants

Declension edit

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 edit

  • 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